Friends Of Animals Tells Tourists, "Boycott Canada Now, 'Til Seal Hunt Stops"
April 11, 2006 @ 07:50 AM (EST)
Source: Ewire.com
With Canada preparing to go full-speed ahead on its annual seal hunt, Friends of Animals today unveiled an international tourism boycott to press the Canadian government to stop the kill.
Friends of Animals president Priscilla Feral states: "We ask people everywhere to avoid travel to Canada until its government stops this miserable seal slaughter. The government sets the kill quotas. Government funds assist the kill. These resources must be redirected to build a real economic foundation for Canada's coastal residents. "Don't wait for the Olympics: Stay away and end this now."...
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