Canada approved the killing of 300,000+ harp seals this season, which began six days ago. Humane groups across the world are raising an outcry. You can sign a petition that's online here. You can also visit the Canadian Fisheries and Oceans Seal information website here.
5 Comments
Marla McCauley said:
I have no problem with government selective culling; it's just the technique used that is objectionable. Clubbing etc. is cruel and inefficient. This is unacceptable. Government officials would gag if they were forced to watch a video of the process; then they would certainly vote to enact a more humane method.
K. McKnight said:
Who says it's inefficient? The varying 'statistics' that celebrities are touting? It doesn't look nice, I'll give you that, but neither does a slaughterhouse.
I wish that people would get their facts straight on this issue - I've heard so many 'statistics' lately. No matter what someone's stance on an issue is, I'll respect them if they have sought independent evidence, listened to both sides, and made an informed decision, instead of merely believing what was handed to them on a fact sheet.
I saw a press conference with Pamela Anderson today, and she admitted that she's never spoken with anyone involved in the sealing industry, although she 'knows people who have'. Yet she's an international spokesperson rallying against the seal hunt. I don't think the McCartneys had spoken to sealers either, and that frustrates me. I'm sure the people who do this for a living would welcome the chance to be heard.
On that topic, check out this poster: Save the Baby Veal: Avoid Cultural Prejudice
http://www.nunatsiaq.com/news/nunavut/60317_14.html
"... all cultures have a relationship to animals and ... people in southern urbanized settings should not look down their noses at people whose cultures and economies are still closely tied to the harvesting of animals in the wild"
The poster is meant to give southerners a little glimpse into what it might feel like to have their own culture and animal practices judged harshly by outsiders.
National Inuit Youth Council: http://www.niyc.ca/comment.php?comment.news.218
Heather said:
K.McKnight, this southerner finds veal disgusting also. If there is anything I can say to defend its practice, it is that slaughterhouses are supposed to follow a set of rules that make the death of the animal slightly more humane and far less painful than a barbaric clubbing.
JackR said:
I really like those words, “government selective culling” why not call a spade a spade, it’s killing, destroying life that you nor I created but for some unknown reason believes it’s ok to kill anything that has no say for itself, that statement go to show how much we humans have to learn and just how much we have not learned in the thousands of years we have been in charge of this planet.
Laura said:
I for one will not eat at Red Lobster as long as they buy Seafood from Canada.
I have no problem with government selective culling; it's just the technique used that is objectionable. Clubbing etc. is cruel and inefficient. This is unacceptable. Government officials would gag if they were forced to watch a video of the process; then they would certainly vote to enact a more humane method.
Who says it's inefficient? The varying 'statistics' that celebrities are touting? It doesn't look nice, I'll give you that, but neither does a slaughterhouse.
I wish that people would get their facts straight on this issue - I've heard so many 'statistics' lately. No matter what someone's stance on an issue is, I'll respect them if they have sought independent evidence, listened to both sides, and made an informed decision, instead of merely believing what was handed to them on a fact sheet.
I saw a press conference with Pamela Anderson today, and she admitted that she's never spoken with anyone involved in the sealing industry, although she 'knows people who have'. Yet she's an international spokesperson rallying against the seal hunt. I don't think the McCartneys had spoken to sealers either, and that frustrates me. I'm sure the people who do this for a living would welcome the chance to be heard.
On that topic, check out this poster: Save the Baby Veal: Avoid Cultural Prejudice
http://www.nunatsiaq.com/news/nunavut/60317_14.html
"... all cultures have a relationship to animals and ... people in southern urbanized settings should not look down their noses at people whose cultures and economies are still closely tied to the harvesting of animals in the wild"
The poster is meant to give southerners a little glimpse into what it might feel like to have their own culture and animal practices judged harshly by outsiders.
National Inuit Youth Council: http://www.niyc.ca/comment.php?comment.news.218
K.McKnight, this southerner finds veal disgusting also. If there is anything I can say to defend its practice, it is that slaughterhouses are supposed to follow a set of rules that make the death of the animal slightly more humane and far less painful than a barbaric clubbing.
I really like those words, “government selective culling” why not call a spade a spade, it’s killing, destroying life that you nor I created but for some unknown reason believes it’s ok to kill anything that has no say for itself, that statement go to show how much we humans have to learn and just how much we have not learned in the thousands of years we have been in charge of this planet.
I for one will not eat at Red Lobster as long as they buy Seafood from Canada.