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Re: Germany Bans All Seal Products
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| On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 14:19:33 +0100, "pearl" <tea@signguestbook.ie>
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>Germany Bans All Seal Products
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>The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is pleased to
>announce that the German Parliament has voted
>unanimously on a motion to ban the import of all seal
>products, eliminating 100% of the German market for
>all seal products.
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>The German ban comes one month after the European
>Parliament passed a resolution to support a complete
>European ban on seal products. The German
>Parliamentary motion calls for the government of Germany
>to work towards achieving a complete European ban.
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>Germany will presiding over the European Union
>Presidency in the first half of 2007 and Germany will use
>it's position to push for the European wide ban on all
>seal products.
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>National bans on seal products presently exist in the
>United States, Mexico, Croatia and Italy and Belgium,
>the U.K. and the Netherlands will soon be adopted.
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>"This is great news for the seals in Canadian, Norwegian,
>Russian and Namibian waters," said Captain Paul Watson.
>"Europe is sending a strong message to these countries
>that the inhumane and unnecessary slaughter of these
>incredible creatures will not and must not be tolerated."
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Well done Germany.
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| Misterina 2006-10-24, 1:25 pm |
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> Well done Germany.
Seal Alert's Francois Hugo, has fought very, very hard for this!!
http://www.sealalert.org
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