Another Step Forward For Seals

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 ✍️ Two Weeks, One Letter, and a Voice for the Seals

For the past two weeks, my world has been wrapped up in one thing: writing a letter. Not just any letter, but the most important one I’ve ever written — addressed to the Prime Minister of Canada about the commercial seal hunt.

I spent day after day shaping sentences, rewriting paragraphs, and trying to make sure every word carried both truth and compassion. It wasn’t homework or a school project. It was something I chose to do because I couldn’t ignore the images in my head — the seals on the ice, being shot from boats and having no clue why their friends suddenly collapsed and slid into the deepness of the ocean. All this pain has been hidden behind the label of “tradition.”

Some nights I stayed up late, asking myself: Will anyone even listen? Will these seals get to bleed out and die in silence on the bottom of the ocean, forever? But each time I doubted, I thought of the seals who don’t get to choose. Who can’t send letters. Who only have people like us to speak for them. That thought must've kept me going.

By the time I finally signed my name, it wasn’t just a letter anymore. It was weeks of emotion, research, hope, and years of heartbreak poured onto 6 double-sided sheets of paper. A plea for compassion. A chance, maybe, to help end something the world has called “Canada’s shame” for decades.

I don’t know if it will change history. But I do know that trying can never do harm. And if a 14-year-old can spend two weeks writing for animals that have no voice, maybe someone in power can take a few minutes to read — and act.

👉 If you’d like to see the letter or learn more about why the commercial seal hunt matters, I’ve shared the full text and resources here: wildlifeopedia.org/seals.

Together, we can keep pushing for a future where no seal pup has to be lost to cruelty again.

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