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Major Public Protest Against The Namibian Baby Seal Slaughter on July 1
16 June 2007
On the 16th of June, days before the start of the Namibian 2007 Baby Seal Slaughter on July 1,
a major public protest was organised outside the Namibia High Commission
in Pretoria, South Africa.
Protesters had baby seal coffins and fake seal skins.
Whilst funeral music and drums played the Public's message was clear. "Stop Killing Baby Seals" and "Sick Men Club Babies To Death".
One protester overheard, as the High Commissioner hurriedly whilst making his escape, "That he did not want to deal with this".
Its time Namibia and the Diamond Industry deal with this. For too long its been hidden behind the Diamond Restricted Fences (the seal killing fields), first in South Africa until 1990 and now in Namibia. The world not only banned clubbing nursing baby seals to death in 1983 (except South Africa and Namibia), but the remaining sealing countries themselves banned the practice in 1987, as well. As far back as 1971, the US stopped importing Cape fur Seal skins for this very reason - that sealers were clubbing to death nursing baby seals in nursery/breeding grounds. A clear crime against nature.
Recently, the four largest international in-coming tourist countries to Namibia, US, South Africa, Germany and Netherlands, have all specifically written recent legislation banning the import of these baby Cape fur seal products into their countries.
Its time Namibia adopts the findings of the 11 top scientists recommendations in the Commission on Sealing in 1990, and announces an end to its three-man sealing concessionaire industry that has grown undetected to be the second largest seal slaughter in the world, with 50% occurring within the diamond restricted area - and the only place on earth where baby seals still nursing are slaughtered
The protest was concluded with a moment of silence for all seals that have been or are about to be brutally murdered.
For the Seals
Francois Hugo Seal Alert-SA
www.sealalert.org
Namibia's Baby Seal Slaughter Goes 'Live' Daily On Advertising Wall in South Africa
Dear All Cape Fur Seal Supporters, Namibia's Baby Seal Slaughter Goes 'Live' Daily On Advertising Wall in South Africa
The Star-Wall in Johannesburg CBD donated by the Star Newspaper
The team at Uncaged Action Group, have done it again. Designed and painted by Anastaya Eliseeva and her team, Aragorn, Jacky and Shantal. The senseless, cruellest and most sadistic slaughter of endangered seals is now up for all to see on the Star-Wall, an advertising wall donated by the, The Star Newspaper in busy Johannesburg's central business district.
By far the best known advertising wall in South Africa, which is actually a land-mark to those in the know, and situated on one of the busy roads that lead into the city. Now thousands of passing daily motorists will know about the seal slaughter in Namibia.
Thanks to Anastaya and her team, South African's can no longer claim "they" did not know about the senseless seal slaughter, of our own Cape fur seals being slaughtered in Namibia.
On July 1, sealers will begin rounding up nursing baby seals still suckling with their mothers, and daily for the next 139-days club and stab the life out of these endangered tiny baby infant seals in their quest to reach their 85 000 pup quota set by the Namibian government each year.
So com'on South Africa, log onto www.sealalert.org and give our Cape fur seals some support.
For the Seals
Francois Hugo Seal Alert-SA
www.sealalert.org
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