Brigitte Bardot Wants Obama’s Seal Of Approval
Written by Vegetarian Star on February 23rd, 2009 in Actresses, Animal Issues.
Brigitte Bardot, longtime vegetarian and animal activist and actress, is asking for U.S. President Barack Obama’s help in preventing the death of seals every season during Canada’s annual seal hunt.
Bardot said she has “immense hope” in Obama, “even if I know that he is in demand from all directions and he already has a lot to do in his own country.”
The timing of her letter writing coincided with Obama’s recent visit to Canada.
Several other celebrities have spoken in opposition to the hunt, such as Canadian natives Pamela Anderson and Bryan Adams, and most recently Nigel Barker documenting the lives of the animals before they are clubbed, in his film, A Sealed Fate.
Last year, the quota for clubbed seals was 275,000. After being killed, the seals are skinned for their pelts, which are later sold.
The United States has banned all Canadian seal products since 1972 and the European Union is considering a similar ban.
Source: Washington Post
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