The Canadian Seal Hunt is the largest slaughter of marine mammals on earth. In 2007, more than 215,000 seals were killed in Canada for their fur—clubbed, shot and skinned in the largest commercial hunt of marine mammals in the world. Many were babies as young as 12 days old. The 2008 seal hunt is currently underway. You can help stop this cruel practice!

Other Links:
Harpseals.org ; Canadian Anti-Sealing Coalition; Stop the Seal Hunt; Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

These mass dog-breeding operations have been around for decades. They continue to thrive because they prey on unwitting consumers who are smitten by too-cute-for-words puppies in pet store windows and on fancy web sites. But behind the friendly facade of the local pet shop, the pastoral scenes on a "breeder's" web site, or the neighborhood newspaper ad, there often lies a puppy mill. These canine breeding facilities house dogs in shockingly poor conditions. 

Life is particularly bad for "breeding stock," dogs who live their entire lives in cages and are continually bred for years, without human companionship and with little hope of ever becoming part of a family. These dogs receive little or no veterinary care and never see a bed, a treat or a toy. After their fertility wanes, breeding animals are commonly killed, abandoned or sold to another mill. The annual result of all this breeding is hundreds of thousands of puppies, many with behavior and/or health problems.

Other Links:
Don't Buy! Adopt!; No Puppy Mills; Prisoners of Greed; Oprah Investigates Puppy Mills