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Jump To Comment: 1 203/03/2009 - Socialist Victory Bans the Use of Seal Products in the EU.
A Europe-wide ban on trade in seal products was agreed by the European Parliament's Internal Market Committee yesterday night (Monday) following the lead from Socialist MEPs.
Danish Social Democrat MEP, Christel Schaldemose, said: "Other parties followed our lead when we held firm on our views on this. We have banned the use of products made from killing seals, but we have defended an exemption for the Inuit communities of Northern Europe.
"The Inuits have used seal products for subsistence in their culture for generations and I also fought to ensure they were given an exemption.
"They have relied on seals for subsistence for a thousand years. Their traditional way of life will not be disturbed, and they will still be able to trade in the EU," she added.
After the successful vote in the committee, it is expected that the plenary session of the European Parliament as a whole will agree to the ban.
British Labour MEP, Arlene McCarthy, who chairs the Parliament's Internal Market Committee (IMCO) said: "The committee voted down by three to one the Commission's proposal for a limited ban and a proposal for an unworkable labelling scheme, because these wouldn't protect seals from being clubbed to death.
"Socialist MEPs demonstrated with the law banning cat and dog fur, in force from the end of 2008, that we don't just listen to public concerns but we act. With this vote for a ban on seal products we have shown again that people power can win through and change the law.
"This vote is a clear mandate to persuade the 27 Member States and the Commission to back a tough ban. All the Members of the IMCO Committee - myself included - have been contacted by hundreds of our constituents and by animal welfare organisations that represent millions of EU citizens, who wanted a tough ban on the cruel trade in seal products.
"A clear majority of citizens across the European Union are horrified by the cruel clubbing to death of thousands of seals every year. They don't want these products on sale in the EU. Today the IMCO Committee backed citizens' demands for a ban."
Seals are killed when their heads are smashed by a "hakapik", a club with a metal point for dragging the animals onto the ice. In their 2006 declaration MEPs said that over a million and a half baby harp seals were slaughtered in the North West Atlantic over the last four years, and the overwhelming majority were less than three months old. Forty two per cent of the carcasses had been skinned alive, said the declaration.
For anyone who wants to take action and contact the Canadian ambassador or our MEPs, here are some emails addresses that may be useful to you:
FAO Patrick Binns
dubln@international.gc.ca
Mr Liam Aylward MEP TD
liam.aylward@europarl.europa.eu
Mr Simon Coveney MEP TD
simon.coveney@europarl.europa.eu
Mr Brian Crowley MEP
briancrowleymep@eircom.net
Mr Proinsias De Rossa MEP
proinsias.derossa@europarl.europa.eu
Ms Avril Doyle MEP
avril.doyle@europarl.europa.eu
Ms Marian Harkin MEP TD
marian.harkin@europarl.europa.eu
Senator Jim Higgins MEP
jim.higgins@europarl.europa.eu
Mrs Mary Lou McDonald MEP
marylou.mcdonald@europarl.europa.eu
Ms Mairead McGuinness MEP
mairead.mcguinness@europarl.europa.eu
Mr Gay Mitchell MEP TD
gay.mitchell@europarl.europa.eu
Mr Seán Ó Neachtain MEP
sean.oneachtain@europarl.europa.eu
Mr Eoin Ryan MEP TD
eoin.ryan@europarl.europa.eu
Mrs Kathy Sinnott MEP
kathy.sinnott@europarl.europa.eu