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Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
Project Goal
$35,000.00 |
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Description of the problem:
Canada’s annual slaughter of seals (approximately 300,000 per year).
Description of the project/solution:
Captain Paul Watson and Sea Shepherd Conservation Society have been fighting sealers since 1975, and over the course of a quarter of a century we have saved hundreds of thousands of seals from slaughter using varied and creative methods. Sea Shepherd’s highly-publicized efforts have helped in creating awareness, which is the first step in enacting change. We shut down the Gray seal hunt in the Scottish Orkney Islands, and we are considered to be the most aggressive threat to Canadian sealers by the Canadian government and the Canadian Sealing Association. This is a fight we don't intend to quit until we eradicate the senseless slaughter of seals. In 2005, our flagship the Farley Mowat ventured to the ice floes off Eastern Canada to defend the baby seals. This represents only the 4th trip that any conservation ship has ever made to the ice floes – all of them, Sea Shepherd campaigns. Sea Shepherd intends to return to the ice once again and is promoting the Boycott of Canadian Seafood to economically pressure Canada into permanently ending the “hunt.”
Amount that Channel G seeks to raise in order to help the organization achieve its goals:
Sea Shepherd is currently in need of funds to purchase a boat to take to the ice floes (in place of the Farley Mowat which is too far away to get to the “hunt”). Other costs for the campaign include provisions and supplies, salary for a few required crew positions, fuel, and a helicopter.
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