Each year, hundreds of media reports disseminate misunderstandings about sealing, often derived from propaganda campaigns of animal rights groups with no respect for the truth. It always helps to politely correct editors and journalists, and encourage them to question their sources, in the hope of greater objectivity and balance in the future. The following links can help you reach the media and politicians who influence policies and sway public opinion:

• Find your Canadian Member of Parliament using your postal code.
• Canadian Parliamentary press gallery. Contact information for Canadian journalists, national and selected international news agencies, newspapers, magazines, television stations and radio stations.
• Web sites of Canadian and select international news agencies, newspapers, magazines, and television and radio stations.
• E-mail Members of the European Parliament. For a list of German, Belgian, Dutch and British MEPs' e-mail addresses, contact The Seal Fishery.com.