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Stop the Canadian Baby Seal Slaughter323 Signatures
Description:It is now February, in the next month here in Canada seals have their pups on large sheets of ice that are starting to break up on Canada's Eastern Seabord and the Gulf of the St Lawrence. Many people think the baby seal hunt has been shut down. But it has been reopened. Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans blames the dissapearence of codfish from the Grand Banks because of the the seal hunt ban. They say the ban on the seal hunt allowed the seal population to grow and the more seals, the more codfish eaten by seals. When John Cabot first came to Canada he reported that the cod were so plentiful that the ship was sailing through an ocean of cod and a basket lowered down over the side would come back filled with codfish. It's not the seal's fault that the cod has disappeared from the Grand Banks. There is no reason to club a baby seal that is less than a month to death except for the fact that is when their pelts are the highest quality. Canada should outlaw the yearly seal hunt once and for all. Cut and paste the following URL into your browser to see how the seal hunt is carried out (warning not for the squeamish).
PS. There is another good Seal Forum here. "More Seals Need Saving." Have a look and find out what is happening to these beautiful creatures: http://www.youchoose.net/forum_topic/more_seals_needing_saving Loading People... |
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Here's an idea. Lets take the hunters out and do the same thing to them!!! See how they like it.
I agree with you samantha. What right have those heartless morons got to club defenceless seals to death. I cant understand how people could do this.
Thanks, I appreciate your support. The ice break up happens in March and that's when the baby seals are born. Somehow we in Canada we went astray on this one and I would like to see it stopped. Of all the animal anti-cruelty campaings, I think this is the most cruel. If I could ask you to do one more thing, let others know that the seal hunt has resumed and send anybody you know the New York Times article. It's a total useless slaughter. I feel for the fishermen who have had their livings taken away by the lack of cod, but this cruelty is not the answer. In fact I think it's counter productive. Nobody is going to feel sorry for the fishermen after seeing this. But to club a baby seal to death whom is less than a month old? I can't think of anything crueller and meaner. Thanks for your support. Wes
Thanks for your support on this I really appreciate it. In the next month or so their will be newscoverage. If I could as just one more favour from you all, when you see the newscoverage when you are sitting at home or perhaps at school, bring it to the attention of those who are with you at the time. I think this is one of those issues that once people see what happens, it creates it's own supporters. Thanks again, the problem is that Canada is a small country and so sometimes the awfult things that happen here aren't noticed by others around the world. But this is a level of cruelty that I think can not help but move people when they see it. The adult seals are left alone, the baby seals which are less than a month old have pure white pelts that have a market because they are pure white. The seal cubs are clubbed in front of their mothers and then skinned in front of their mothers. The clubing is not painless either as you will see. Thanks again, Wes.