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Article: Humane Society of the United States Promotes Phony Canadian-Seafood Boycott 78 Percent of 'Boycotters' are Really Bystanders/Canadian Fisheries Minister Criticizes Animal-Rights Deceit
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- CCNMatthews Newswire
- Article date:
- March 24, 2006
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CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND--(CCNMatthews - March 24,
2006) - The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) has published
a list of restaurants and seafood companies supposedly boycotting
Canadian seafood. But 78 percent of the listed companies contacted by
the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom indicated that they are not
actively participating in the boycott. HSUS launched its campaign
against Canadian seafood in 2005 in an attempt to intimidate Canada's
government into discontinuing its unrelated annual seal hunt.
During February and March, CCF attempted to contact (by phone or
in person) all 234 companies included (as of March 17) on HSUS's