You can take direct action by doing:

1.  Take part in our most recent Action Alert

2.  Write to government expressing your condemnation of the unnecessary and brutal killing of grey seals. Because Hay Island is a provincially-held Protected Wilderness Area, the government of Nova Scotia must give permission for commercial sealing to occur. To write about Hay Island seals in particular, send letters and emails to the Premier of Nova Scotia, with a copy to your local MP and to the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Minister of Environment and Labour and Minister of Natural Resources, expressing your opposition to the killing of grey seals under any pretext - commercial or cull. Follow up your written and/or electronic communcation with a telephone call to remind them that you are are a voter and are willing and able to make this a voting issue. Fishermen are not the only people in this province with voting power.

The Honourable Stephen MacNeil Premier Office of the Premier 7th Floor, One Government Place 1700 Granville Street Halifax, NS B3J 1X5 Phone: (902) 424-6600 Fax: (902) 424-7648 PREMIER@novascotia.ca	The Honourable Keith Colwell Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture 6th floor (Suite 605), WTCC 1800 Argyle Street Halifax, NS B3J 3N8 P.O. Box 2223 Halifax, NS B3J 3C4 Phone: (902) 424-8953 Fax: (902) 428-3145 MINDFA@novascotia.ca
The Honourable Margaret Miller Minister of Environment Department of Environment Barrington Tower 1894 Barrington Street Suite 1800 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2A8 PO Box 442 Halifax, NS B3J 2P8 Phone: (902) 424-3600 Fax: (902) 424-0501 Minister.Environment@novascotia.ca	The Honourable Lloyd Hines Minister of Natural Resources Department of Natural Resources 3rd Floor, Founders Square 1701 Hollis Street P.O. Box 698 Halifax, NS B3J 2T9 Phone: (902) 424-4037 Fax: (902) 424-0594 mindnr@novascotia.ca

Generally, the commercial grey seal hunt (and issuance of grey seal nuisance licences) fall under the jurisdiction of the federal government. In this case, the appropriate people to write to would be the Canadian Prime Minister and the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans. Be sure to send a copy to your Member of Legislative Assembly (if in Nova Scotia and your Member of Parliament (if in Canada). Again, express your opposition to the killing of grey seals under any pretext - commercial or cull. Follow up your written and/or electronic communcation with a telephone call to remind them that you are are a voter and are willing and able to make this a voting issue. Fishermen are not the only people in this province with voting power.

The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, P.C., M.P. Prime Minister Parliament Hill: Telephone: 613-995-0253 Fax: 613-947-0310 Department: Prime Minister of Canada Langevin Building 80 Wellington Street Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A2 Telephone: 613-992-4211 Fax: 613-941-6900 Web contact form: http://pm.gc.ca/eng/contactpm

The Honourable Dominic LeBlanc Minister, Fisheries and Oceans Parliament Hill: Telephone: 613-992-2848 Fax: 613-996-9764 Department: Fisheries and Oceans 13th Floor, Station 13E228 200 Kent Street Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E6 Telephone: 613-992-3474 TTY: 1-800-465-7735 Fax: 613-990-1866 E-Mail: min@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

3.  Write to local and national papers

So far, this fairly new commercial seal hunt has occurred without much public notice or outcry because it's been kept very low-key by government and seal killers. Let's change this. Write letters to your local newspapers as well as national papers, bringing this to the attention of their readers.

4.  Raise Awareness

Talk to people about this issue whenever possible. Educate others. Urge them to take action. If you'd like to volunteer in the effort to end this, please send us an email.

We'll be updating this site shortly with other ways in which you can help to end the killing of grey seals. Please keep checking back.

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