{"id":3522,"date":"2009-02-19T08:10:24","date_gmt":"2009-02-19T13:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/?p=3522"},"modified":"2023-09-07T04:55:31","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T09:55:31","slug":"help-end-the-canadian-seal-slaughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/19\/help-end-the-canadian-seal-slaughter\/","title":{"rendered":"Help End the Canadian Seal Slaughter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/getactive.peta.org\/campaign\/seal_hunt_09\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"185\" height=\"251\" src=\"http:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/seal_hunt_olympics.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"seal_hunt_olympics\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3523\" \/><\/a><em><\/p>\n<p>During Canada&#8217;s annual war on seals, hundreds of thousands of baby seals are killed for their skin in the most horrific ways imaginable. Seals stand no chance against club-wielding trappers who are after their fur, and they must look on as fellow pups are bludgeoned to death before meeting the same bloody fate.<\/p>\n<p>All eyes are on Canada as it prepares to host the 2010 Winter Olympics. This extra attention will bring increased scrutiny and comes with the added responsibility of setting a positive example for the world. That&#8217;s why we are calling on the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee to help stop the Canadian seal slaughter.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/getactive.peta.org\/campaign\/seal_hunt_09\">Take action<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During Canada&#8217;s annual war on seals, hundreds of thousands of baby seals are killed for their skin in the most horrific ways imaginable. Seals stand no chance against club-wielding trappers who are after their fur, and they must look on as fellow pups are bludgeoned to death before meeting the same bloody fate. All eyes&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/19\/help-end-the-canadian-seal-slaughter\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Help End the Canadian Seal Slaughter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3522"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3522"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8043,"href":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3522\/revisions\/8043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}