Gillian Anderson to Canadian Prime Minister: 'End the Commercial Seal Slaughter'

This week, longtime PETA supporter Gillian Anderson sent a letter asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to end the East Coast commercial seal slaughter, noting that climate change is already killing baby seals. This year’s seal slaughter began April 11.

Citing this National Geographic report, Anderson writes, “[C]limate change is already decimating ice-dependent seals. It has resulted in less ice in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Without ice, baby seals drown. You’ve said, ‘Climate change will test our intelligence, our compassion and our will. But we are equal to that challenge.’ My friends at PETA and I ask that you consider the impact of climate change on both humans and marine life and call off the commercial seal slaughter for good.”

This letter can be read here - Peta.