Watch ARAN Members in Action for Canada's Seals!

On March 10th more than 50 ARAN members and supporters came and went during our lively lunchtime demonstration outside the EU Parliament offices in Dublin to urge Irish MEP’s to support an upcoming vote for a ban on seal ‘products’ from Canada into Europe. The aim of the demonstration was also to raise vital awareness of the campaign to passersby and members of the public. Tons of leaflets, bumper stickers and posters were distributed to educate and raise further awareness. As with all of ARAN’s work, we strive to ensure education is our primary focus.

During the event, ARAN members and supporters held banners and placards depicting images of seals been skinned whilst chanting, ‘shame on Canada, save the seals’ and ‘shame on Canada, stop the blood slaughter’. During the event, an ARAN supporter held our body screen TV that screened footage of Canada’s 2007 seal hunt—passersby, including school children saw exactly what the Canadian government is desperate to hide, the brutal slaughter they call a ‘harvest’. Next up was our trip to the Canadian Embassy on Baggot Street Bridge—as the demonstration outside the EU offices was finishing up and people where returning back to work, school, college ect, 20 supporters then marched on the street with placards and a megaphone chanting all the ways to the Canadian embassy ‘shame on Canada, save the seals’ and holding signs reading ‘stop the bloody slaughter’. We then held once again another lively and loud peaceful demonstration directly outside the Canadian embassy where four supporters then entered the Canadian embassy reception politely requesting to speak with the Canadian ambassador. Whilst in the reception, footage from Canada’s seal hunt was been shown. Shortly after, an ARAN representative held a 10 minute meeting the Irish Canadian ambassador to Ireland Patrick Binns.

With all this going on, we managed to get some nice pictures and footage for you to see!

See ARAN members in action just as the protest started outside the EU offices at 12noon, please click here and click here to see ARAN’s peaceful Canadian embassy office occupation shortly before we met with the Canadian ambassador to voice Ireland’s concerns.

Thank you to everyone who attended our demonstration. Well over 50 members and supporters turned out for a lunchtime demonstration which was a great achievement considering that most people are working, studying ect during a weekday, it was a tremendous day for the Irish campaign and ARAN are especially grateful to everyone who came along yesterday, but also to our kind and loyal supporters to make all our work happen and more so help us to get out onto the streets speaking out for the seals and other animals and of course enabling us to effectively lobby for permanent change.

Not yet been to an ARAN event? Please consider stepping up your support for ARAN, please get active, come along to our next demonstration or event. As with all of ARAN’s events and campaigning—we strive to be a professional campaigning group and always aim to keep our events positive, up-beat, friendly and welcoming – so please come out with Animal Rights Action Network next time and use your voice to help those that can’t.