Seal hunt quota increased

[flvegan]

Mar. 15, 2006. 05:19 PM
CANADIAN PRESS

FREDERICTON — Just two weeks after megastar Paul McCartney made a high-profile appeal to end the slaughter of seal pups, the federal government has announced new, higher quotas for this year’s hunt off the East Coast.

Federal Fisheries Minister Loyola Hearn said today that Canada’s harp seal population is thriving and can easily support a catch limit of 325,000 seals, plus 10,000 more for aboriginal communities.

The limit last year was 320,000 seals.

“Canada’s harp seal herd is a conservation success story,” Hearn said during a conference call from his office in Ottawa, in which European as well as Canadian journalists participated. “The population is just under six million, nearly triple what it was three decades ago.”

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For more information on the Canadian seal hunt, please visit:
http://www.hsus.org/marine_mammals/protect_seals/
http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw/general/default.aspx?oid=21446

Independant veterinarians find the hunt to be cruel:
http://www.kintera.org/faf/home/ccp.asp?ievent=20480&ccp=31326

Lastly, two words for the sealers:

Sea Shepherd

[Beaverhausen]

1. Jesus Christ on a trailer hitch

fuck

:mad:


:cry:

[MasonJar]

2. I hate those awful greedy bastards. Someone needs to beat

them over the head.

[FormerDittoHead]

3. Saw Paul on Larry King. My msg to Canadians: Say Hi to "conservatism"!

Seriously Canada, isn't your life that much better now that these fishermen can make a few extra bucks off season?

And that's a FEW extra bucks.

Of course, the only time when their fur is marketable is when they're still cubs.

They could shoot the cubs, but then it would damage the pelts. So they mercilessly beat them to death.

Hello Canada! Welcome to the world of conservatives!

Now bend over and take a deep breath, 'cause they're outta lube!

Seriously, isn't your country better now?

[flvegan]

5. In consideration, if only they DID beat them to death. Many are simply

whacked and then skinned...alive.

Besides, bullets cost money, and sealers have a lot of pent up anger to take out on defenseless 3 week old seals. Real men.

[Psephos]

10. They clubbed 'em throughout the liberal era

This isn't a libs/conservative issue. The only way to stop this is for the buyers of clubbed seal pelts to say no.

Peace.

[LeftyMom]

12. Disallowing the hunt

(which the govt operates at a loss, by the way) would solve the problem much faster than waiting for the sick fucks in the fashion industry to discover ethics.

[Psephos]

16. I totally agree

alas, those in government do not.

Peace.

[Canuckistanian]

21. MMmmmm, not really

Can't blame the conservatives for this one. All the other governments let this happen as well.

Newfoundlanders would scream bloody murder if they couldn't hunt their seal. For some, it's their livelihood.

Not saying that's right, just not a liberal/conservative dynamic here.

[adriennui]

25. screw the newfoundlanders

this is blood lust.
i don't kill spiders, i guess i just don't understand how human beings could do this.

[lefty_mcduff]

4. Email address for Hearn...

Feel free to share your opinion on this barbaric activity...

[e-mail]

[FormerDittoHead]

6. Loyola Hearn should be made to swim in the blood of 5,000 baby seals..

Their blood is on HIS hands.

[peacebuzzard]

7. Those f**ers...I hate them.

I have added Canadian products to my boycott list.
May those ice murderers burn in hell and the vampires they work for suffer pain forever.

[LeftyMom]

8. Oh that reminds me

Those of you who buy seafood, please boycott Canadian seafood until the seal hunt is stopped.

http://www.harpseals.org/helpstop/boycott.html

I don't think a general boycott of Canadian goods until this horror is ended is a bad idea either.

[NIGHT TRIPPER]

19. Count me in for a Boycott-- i

don't eat either sea animals nor land animals
but now I won't buy anything Canadian.

Someone needs a club to the head to understand why a club to the head is wrong.

[LeftyMom]

20. I don't eat animals either

I'm all for a general boycott. I wish some big org would put one together.

[NIGHT TRIPPER]

22. maybe Paul McCartney will put one together

and maybe a live tv show broadcast of the massacre--
they could play clips on a "Visit Canada" tourism promo-

[sasha031]

9. I really am starting to hate the human race

[adriennui]

11. i've lost all respect for the canadian government

and the sick f--king monsters who would slaughter a beautiful creature for the vanity of some ugly bitch.

[saigon68]

13. Can you imagine this beautiful creature

In a coat of Baby white fur seal pelts

She needs a pelt in the lip

[Minstrel Boy]

14. And 35 million cattle are slaughtered in the US each year,

70% of which are under 20 months old. So how about some perspective? Or maybe some seal flipper pie, a Newfoundland tradition?

[LeftyMom]

15. Yep, that's massively fucked up too

but let's not work on one animal cruelty issue because there are others that we can't fix anytime soon. :eyes:

[progressivebydesign]

17. I don't eat beef.. what's your point?

The cattle industry, apparently has to abide by somewhat humane practices to kill the cows. Thumping baby seals to death for their FUR is something else entirely. I don't eat animals, so I'm in a reasonable place when it comes to condemning this practice.

[WindRavenX]

18. the cattle industry has a long history of not practicing humane kills

Both the seal hunts and the cattle industry are inhumane.

[Canuckistanian]

23. Most people do eat beef, though

But I don't know a single person who could AFFORD a seal pelt coat.

This is a luxury item that has no practical purpose.

Not really a fair comparison to food harvesting.

[flvegan]

24. And?

How about that perspective?

[Barrett808]

26. Wild vs. domesticated. Completely different issue.

But whalers and sealers are happy to exploit to confuse the issue.

[Barrett808]

27. Sea Shepherd site, with photos and details:

Seal Hunt Facts
http://seashepherd.org/seals/seals_seal_hunt_facts.html