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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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Show one seal pelts being landed on a Newfie dock. I already posted photos I'm not posting them again for morons who can't be bothered. You aren't even a real Canadian. We didn't want you. You were fobbed on us by Great Britian after WWII. Great Britain didn't want you because you are a money sink hole. We paid for Hibernia, if we give it to you, will you go away?
Actually a better idea is to give Newfoundland and Labrador to Quebec. They do have a historical claim, they have a real government that believes people should work for a living. Quebec wouldn't put up with your whining and Quebec would do something with Churchill Falls Electricity Generation Plants and put it to real use. Quebec has the real historical claim to the Grand Banks, so Hibernia should really belong to them, so we give Quebec Newfoundland and Labrador, we will finally get some good use of Churchill Falls, we would save money by having only one provincial government and Hibernia would make them a nice incentive to stay in Canada. It's a win-win solution to the problems of Newfoundland and Labrador. Best of all Quebec is a real Province that took part in Confederation.
IS FISHERIES AND OCEANS TELLING US THE TRUTH?
Newfoundlanders say that there is a quoata for seals in place and it is enforced, is that true? On the other hand Newfoundlanders say you don't need a license or tag to hunt seals. How can both be true? If it's true then Fisheries and Oceans don't require some sort of licence or tag then how do they keep track how many seals have been killed? But Newfoundlanders have said it over and over again -- you don't need a license to hunt seals. That leaves ONE possiblity, if Fisheries and Oceans does not require a license or tag to hunt seas then Fisheries and Oceans are NOT enforcing their own quotas. If Fisheries and Oceans do not have officials waiting on the docks to count pelts, then they are not enforcing their own quoatas. Not one seal killer said that a Fisheries or Oceans Offical counted the number of pelts on their ship. If Newfoundlanders say they need a PAL to buy ammunition but they don't need a PAL to hunt seals, then how are they killing them? The only way is by clubbing them to death. Then there is the ramming of the Farley Mowatt. The video clearly shows that the Fisheries and Oceans ship was the port ship. Port ship gives way to Starboard. That's the law. The video show that the Fisheries and Ocean Ship overtook the Farley Mowatt. Overtaking ship avoids the ship being overtaken. That's the law. In every way Fisheries and Oceans own claims fail to stand up. No proof is offered except the proof that the Fisheries and Oceans ship violated Maritime law when it rammed the Farley Mowatt. If there is quota, where is the count of the number of pelts on each ship? How are the quotas apportioned among seal killers? The only logical conclusion is that Fisheries and Oceans had no intention of enforcing their quotas from day one. The only conclusion is that if Fisheries and Oceans are not doing a pelt count then neither are Fisheries and Oceans inspecting the colour of the pelts. They have not set up any way to consitantly monitor whether or not the seals killed are the white baby seals. Fisheries and Oceans is great at pounding itself on the chest and congratulating themselves that they are enforcing the rules. What they have not done is shown exactly how they are enforcing their own rules. Fisheries and Oceans has not demonstrated that they have any efficent or effective process in place whatsoever. If they do it must be invisible. No one can tell us what it is. Is Fisheries and Oceans telling us the truth or reliable facts about the seal hunt? No.
Wesley, you're obviously not the sharpest hakapik in the shed.
What's so hard to understand?
- You only need a PAL to purchase ammunition
- You need a hunting licence to hunt
Man oh man you're a joke, kid! Get off the internet and go back to grade 7 social studies Wesley - you're going to need all the help you can get.
A PAL is permit, moron
For those who wish to contact Newfoundland and Labrador's Premier and make your feelings known address,
Premier Danny Williams
The Office of the Premier
Confederation Building, East Block
P.O. Box 8700
St. John's, NL
Canada
A1B 4J6
Phone: (709) 729-3570
Fax: (709) 729-5875
premier@gov.nl.ca
Here is Newfoundland's Tourism Program, if you think clubbing is wrong, remember it when you see this advertisement
http://www.newfoundlandla brador.com/#
Oh wow. Mr. Seal Clubber is playing the hate and racism card.
G.B. That would be great if Newfoundlanders obeyed the laws. The photos from this year, 2008, show white baby seals being clubbed. Quoting the law doesn't mean you obey it.
Mr. Wesley Stevens....
As a parting gift to you, my ignorant little friend - here are some FACTS (Look that word up in a dictionary) about the seal hunt:
-A 2002 report in the Canadian Veterinary Journal found that "the large majority of seals taken during this hunt … are killed in an acceptably humane manner." This study found that 98 per cent of hunted seals it examined had been killed properly. The federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) cites this study among others as proof that the hunt opponents are wrong in their accusations of widespread cruelty.
- Canada banned all hunting of whitecoats and bluebacks (in fact hooded seals) in 1987.
And here's an actual NEWS website that doesn't come from an eco-terrorist. There are no donate buttons.
And one final thing: You know what? Go ahead and be a little bitch to sealers. There are less than 1000 of them in all of Newfoundland's 516000 people that live here. Maybe you can stop being a perpetuator of hate and racism towards the other 515000 people that are quite innocent, of which whom most don't have a clue about the seal hunt.
G.B. wrote about Newfoundlanders "which whom most don't have a clue." You said it.
Newfoundland has a tourist program, they want people to visit Newfoundland --- wait for it -- eco-tourism. If you really care about the environment don't visit Newfoundland during your vacation. Remember their eco-tourism includes clubbing seals.
Newfoundlanders were largely responsible for getting the Alberta oil sands project up and running. We did jobs that nobody else wanted to do. Ask anyone in the oil patch up there which group of people has the best work ethic you've ever seen....Newfoundlanders worked on the high steel in New York City when construction companies there couldn't find anyone that was not afraid of heights...our seafaring ethic rivals the best in the world...in your province, Newfoundlanders work in mines because people like you are scared **** to do that job....what was that about us being lazy slobs?
Oh wow, your responsible for Alberta Sands, you are responsible for construction in New York. Albertans and New Yorkers do those jobs. There aren't even enough people in all of Newfoundland to do those jobs.
Wesley S. my God your such a tool.
Did you think of that why you were off cashing your TFIP cheque? What's a TFIP cheque? Oh I forgot, other Canadians don't get that when they lose their jobs.
You said your sick and tired, we are sick and tired of your pathetic little sealing industry and your pathetic excuses for clubbing baby seals, lying about it, you can't even show one sealer landing pelts and registering with Fisheries and Oceans. Fisherieas and Oceans quoatas are sham for public affrairs. Those quotas are never enforced.
Still waiting for pictures of sealers selling white coats that were clubbed to foreign vessels in international waters...
Typical Newfoundlander, didn't even bother to look backwards to see how many I've posted.
Newfoundlanders say they don't need hunting licenses to hunt seals but there are quota's in place. But nowhere do you see anyone who has applied for one and says how many seals. Newfoundlanders say that they a PAL to buy ammunition, but they do not need both. If they don't need both, then the only way they could be huntin seals is if they were clubbing them.
Who paid for your oil and gas, we did, how many work there, all of Newfoundland. Quit clubbing seals and get a real job.
Newfie cowards clubbing seals, what else can you do to earn a living? Anything? You're pathetic.
"Every other Province in Canada has built their own jobs and economies, except Newfoundland. All other Provinces have had the same problems and diversified their economies, except Newfoundland."
WRONG. Newfoundland has a very diversified economic structure. As a matter of fact, the leading contributor to Newfoundland's economy is Oil & Gas.
"Newfoundland gets more transfer payments than any other Province"
WRONG. Highest per capita equalization payment in the country is PEI: http://www.fin.gc.ca/FEDP ROV/eqpe.html
Keep flapping your lips, Wesley. This is really starting to get amusing! Everything you say is incorrect!!!! Hahaha!!!
What a bunch of lazy slobs. "they were raped and pillaged by foreign ships that the Canadian government just didn't feel like stopping...but that's a whole other issue." Oh Booo hhooo Whhhhaaaa, they aren't playing fair. Every other province as over come bigger problems than that. Whine and club seals, that's what you're best at.
Way to dance around the issues, Wesley. We prove your incompetence in regards to regulations and laws surrounding the purchase of ammunition, and you don't even respond - you simply ramble on about selling seals to foreign ships.
You want a picture of seals being landed in front of DFO officers? Well I can do you one better: here's some pictures of DFO officers out on the ice monitoring the hunt FIRST HAND: http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/ seal-phoque/Pho...
I'll reciprocate your little challenge, Wesley. You show us a picture of sealers selling white coats that were clubbed to foreign vessels in international waters. Until you do, I'll just do as you did and demand pictures and call you a liar if you don't produce. That's right, two can play your immature games.
Read the criminal code again dumb ass. If you are then you are doing so illegally, but again that's the only thing Newfoundlanders are good at.
#1: You need a Posession and Acquisition License (P.A.L., get it?) to buy ammo and guns. You DO NOT need a hunting license to buy ammo and guns.
#2: The shop that I work in is none of your **** business, if you want to find out where it is I'm sure you have the smarts to figure out where it is (at least you think you do). My shop sells guns and ammo legally which are kept in display cases. Members from DFO (Department of Fisheries and Oceans for you non Newfoundlanders) and Department of Natural Resources (wildlife officials) make regular visits to the shop and have full access to guns, ammo, and paperwork. You, on the other hand, being an ignorant little yuppie nobody, don't need to know any of the details.
#3: That garbage scow "Farley Mowatt" steamed too close to a sealing vessel not too long ago and broke the ice under sealers' feet. This action borders on terrorism and should be treated as such. If you must protest, go ahead...I just don't think that people's lives should be put at risk like that.
#4:I reiterate: the cod were not overfished by Newfoundland fisherman...they were raped and pillaged by foreign ships that the Canadian government just didn't feel like stopping...but that's a whole other issue.
Every other Province in Canada has built their own jobs and economies, except Newfoundland. All other Provinces have had the same problems and diversified their economies, except Newfoundland. Newfoundland gets more transfer payments than any other Province? Why? Why should we even pay one penny to Newfoundland. We made our own way created our own businesses. It's time we cut these leeches off the money train.
To all others here, I present Mike C as a typical sealer. He hasn't even looked at the other animal boards to see all the other things we protest.
If Newfoundlanders were obeying the law they would be bringing in their pelts to register them with Fisheries and Oceans. Why is there not one photo of one Sealer registering his quoata with Fisheries and Oceans.