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Help bring an end to the Cape fur seal slaughter. No seal population in the world is overpopulated. On the contrary, seals are threatened by climate change, overfishing, and ocean pollution.

When fishermen claim that seals eat too many fish and harm fish populations, they deflect from the reality that they, fishermen, kill too many fish and are responsible for causing fish populations to collapse.

Sealers separate nursing Cape fur seal pups from their mothers and brutally kill up to 80,000 of them each year, primarily for their fur, along with up to 6,000 bulls for their genitalia. The slaughter is cruel and indefensible. Your letters can help end the slaughter of seals.

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Please select the recipient(s) / "Decision Maker(s)":
	Hon. Inge Zaamwani-Kamwi - Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources
	Exec. Dir. Teofilus Nghitila - Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform
	Ms. Ruth Masake - Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources
	Hon. Indileni Daniel - Minister of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism
	Hon. Selma Ashipala-Musavyi - Minister of International Relations and Trade
	Mr. Jonas Mbambo - Press Secretary, Office of the President
	Dr. Netumbo Nandi Ndaitwah - President
	Dr. Elijah Ngurare - Prime Minister


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Dear [Decision Maker]
Message: I am shocked that the Namibian government is promoting and subsidizing the brutal, senseless slaughter of up to 80,000 Cape fur seal pups and 6,000 bulls every year and now embarking on a sinister plan to increase the killing to 200,000 seal pups each year. The bulls are killed for their genitalia, which is used for aphrodisiac potions in Asia, despite the existence of real medicines for such purposes. The defenseless pups are so young, they are still nursing. They are separated from their mothers, herded together, and beaten and stabbed to death near their mothers and the rest of the seal colony. This causes panic in the breeding colonies and creates chronic stress on the seals as the killers come every morning to slay the pups. This cruelty is completely unacceptable. I have seen the sickening images and videos of this horrifying massacre and have forwarded this information to everyone I know. We will not visit Namibia as long as this slaughter continues. I have read that Cape fur seals have suffered several mass die-offs over the past decades, including very recently. This is in part due to Namibia's reckless over-fishing. Cape fur seals are listed by CITES as a threatened species and must not be culled or commercially slaughtered. They require protection. Now they are even being infected with rabies as they are preyed upon by new predators like jackals and lions who are desperate for food. This is further imperiling the species in addition to being a public health risk for humans who come in contact with them. Fishermen around the world are having a harder time catching fish not because of seals, whose populations are quite stable, returning to normal or in decline, but because of overfishing, illegal fishing (even beyond the excessive quotas), and destructive fishing practices that damage fish habitat and breeding grounds and create huge amounts of by-catch. Climate change and ocean pollution are also issues that must be addressed by all nations of the world in order to save ocean ecosystems. Namibia will not protect fisheries by killing seals. South Africa stopped killing seals years ago. Its fisheries have not suffered due to the continued presence of Cape fur seals. Namibia must now follow suit and ban this violent practice. As a caring person, I will boycott tourism in Namibia and products from Namibia, especially Namibia's hake; and I will tell everyone I know to do the same.
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