Aussie Company Responsible for Cruel Seal Cull

The world's largest and cruellest slaughter of seals takes place every year in Namibia. Australian-based fur and skins company, Hatem Yavuz, is directly implicated in this annual brutal slaughter. Hatem Yavuz is the last remaining buyer of these dead seal pup skins to make them into fur coats.

For the last few years, the Namibian Government allowed 85,000 cape fur seals to be killed each year. Most pups are so young that they are still being nursed by their mothers. The terrified pups are rounded up, separated from their mothers and brutally clubbed to death.

The market for Namibian Cape Fur Seal skins has collapsed over recent years due to lack of demand and import bans in the European Union, the United States, Mexico and South Africa because of the cruelty involved in the sealing methods. As of 2008, Hatem Yavuz is the only one company left buying seal skins from Namibia.

There is international pressure on Hatem Yavuz to stop funding this cull. Please add your voice and express your outrage to Hatem Yavuz for their culpability in animal cruelty, and call on them to commit to never again buying Namibian Cape Fur Seal skins.

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Subject: (please enter a subject line) Dear Mr. Hatem Yavuz, (please edit the letter below, or send as-is) I was shocked to find out about the Namibian seal cull and the involvement of your Australia-based company in this cruel slaughter of seal pups. Namibia's mass seal slaughter is barbaric and completely unnecessary. Clubbing seal pups that are still nursing - a practise banned by all other sealing countries because of its cruelty - is utterly appalling. By being the major buyer of Namibian seal pelts, your company has been directly responsible for suffering and deaths of thousands of defenceless pups in recent years. As an Australian citizen, it is deeply distressing to learn that an Australian company is directly responsible for such brutality towards animals - all supposedly for the sake of fashion. You effectively have the power to put an end to this annual cull by discontinuing to buy these pelts. I therefore urge you to publicly commit to never again purchase Namibian seal cub pelts and to inform the Namibian government of your decision. Sincerely, Your Name

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• Mr. Hatem Yavuz

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