Winter Olympics 2010 (Canada)

Next year the Winter Olympics will be held in Vancouver, Canada. PETA officials have met with next years Olympic comittee asking for them to support them in stopping alleged seal hunting. The Olympic committee thinks it would be hard to convince the government to put a ban on seal hunting overall, since every year during hunting season, over 300,000 harp seals are killed, mainly for their fur, also because many sealers have a regular amount of annual imcome from hunting. PETA says, that the ending of seal hunting will look good for Canada, in the eyes of the entire world. This is one of PETA's first movements that have to do with the Olympics, and knowing them, it won't be a small protest.




http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/seal_hunt_09

http://news.therecord.com/Wire/Sports_Wire/article/489331