Target: Canadian Fisheries Minister Keith Ashfield

Sponsored by: International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)

For decades, Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has been capturing marine mammals from the wild and providing them to aquaria for public display. Following the recent incident where — as a result of overwhelming public outcry — harp seal pups Zak and Mika were spared a government-imposed death sentence, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) resolved to ensure this situation is never repeated.

The DFO stopped the wild capture of whales for captivity, following a 1999 recommendation. IFAW is now calling on the DFO to develop and implement a policy to end the capture of all wild marine mammals — including seals.

Sign the petition today to urge Canadian Fisheries Minister Keith Ashfield to outlaw the practice of capturing marine mammals to be placed in zoos and aquaria.

To sign the petition go to:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/647/587/539/

To download the Humane Society Document “case against marine captivity” go to:

www.humanesociety.org/…/marine_mammals/case_against_marine_c…