Canada's killing of seals angers British Member Parliament

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Mon 07 April 2008 15:30 UK — North America

The commercial seal hunt currently taking place in Canada is "unacceptable cruelty" and should be stopped.

That is according to Charlotte Atkins, the local MP for Biddulph, Cheshire who has voiced her concerns over the hunting, which began on March 28th and will result in the deaths of over 750,000 seals.

Ms Atkins welcomed the government's pledge to push for a ban on the trade of seal-fur products but believes that the EU may find a way around it, should a ban be enforced.

The MP is planning to write to the Canadian High Commissioner in protest at the country's cull of young seals, thisischeshire.co.uk reports. Ms Atkins is also going to write to trade minister Gareth Thomas, asking for an immediate ban on seal products being imported into the UK.

Speaking to the site, she said: "In the next few weeks, more than a quarter of a million seals will be killed for unnecessary fur products. Nearly all of these seals will be less than three months old.

"Many will suffer painful and lingering deaths. This is unacceptable cruelty, and the UK and Europe's role in the trade in seal products is allowing this to happen.

"I know that a national ban in the UK would help towards achieving an EU-wide ban. I also know that the government has the power to stop imports of all sorts of products without the need to introduce new legislation, so this would be a relatively quick and easy step to take."

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[BrklynLiberal]

1. Obviously, an intelligent and aware woman.