$eal $laughter Bleed$ Million$ In Taxe$

As the final days work up to do your taxes in Canada PETA also geared up for their nationwide protest. PETA has been doing a very lengthy campaign against the Canadian goverment regarding the Seal Slaughter. It started long before the Vancouver Olympics and is constantly evolving to match whatever is top news with Canada itself. One Canadian PETA representive Emily Lavender has been based in Ottawa for a couple of years now with one focus - exposing the Seal Slaughter and either following Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, and Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada.

I was able to be apart of the Toronto PETA event organized by Kate Steen. Like I said this is combined with cities all across Canada at the Canadian Revenue buidlng. This event itself was very powerful! Four people laying on the ground over money with fake blood on it and wearing seal masks. Plenty of cameras snappng and shooting video while many were holding sign's stating "$eal $laughter Bleed$ Million$ In Taxe$".

I believe the best part was the coninuous by-passing of young grade school children who were able to view all the signs and props of the people laying on the ground with blood money. One young student yelled out "They're Protesting!" 

As I arrived I was very happy to see Sheryl Fink from IFAW - International Fund for Animal Welfare in attendance. Sheryl just returned from the ice flows of eastern Canada and sadly had to witness more seals being clubbed to death. She told me they have some brand new inhumane actions where Seals were defending themselves and the fishermen would hook the seal in the face alive and drag them to the boat. There are laws against this however when a government puts up laws restricting the average person from witnessing these "HUMANE" events some scenes of cruelty get missed.

So from PETA to IFAW this days event in Toronto was very strong and powerful for the seals!