Help the Seal Pups - Boycott Canadian Seafood

Hundreds of thousands of baby seals are in danger of slaughter here on the ice floes off Canada's east coast just weeks from now. As you can see the seal hunting process is cruel and insane, we cannot just watch it while these beautiful angels suffer like this!

It’s the largest slaughter of marine mammals on the planet, and the Canadian government has sanctioned even more killing this year.

We want you to boycott Canadian seafood. Why? Because the boycott works. Canadian fishermen kill baby seals for their fur during the off-season. They earn only a tiny fraction of their annual incomes from killing seals -- most of their wages come from fisheries like snow crab.

In the past six years, hundreds of thousands of people around the world have pledged to not buy Canadian seafood -- like snow crab -- and the industry’s bottom line has taken a nose dive.

It’s up to you and me and every conscientious, humane person out there to send the Canadian fishing industry a message they can’t ignore: Stop killing defenseless seal pups, or we won't buy your seafood.

Join the 2011 boycott to save seals and be part of this historic campaign to end this brutal hunt at last.

Robert Everett Keck given prison time for aggravated animal abuse

An Alexander man has been sentenced to 2 years in the Ark. Department of Correction after pleading guilty to aggravated cruelty to a horse.

Robert Everett Keck was accused of 'severe neglect' of several horses, dogs and a pony that were found on his property in Oct. 2009.

Police received a report of several horses without food and water out at Keck's residence on West Lawson Road. Neighbors told detectives that the animals' condition had been deteriorating for some time.

The Pulaski County Humane Society took custody of 4 horses and 5 dogs that police said were in need of immediate medical attention because of starvation and neglect.

The Humane Society reported that all the animals were given emergency medical treatment to stabilize their condition, and placed under observation.

A miniature horse that was seized could no longer stand up, and was believed to be past rescue; however, after several weeks of intense care the horse recovered. After a preliminary hearing, the animals were deemed to have been neglected and custody was given to the Humane Society.

According to the Arkansas Department of Correction, Keck's plea is one of the first for aggravated animal cruelty where a prison sentence as been imposed.

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http://www.todaysthv.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=139117&catid=2