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Some of you may be aware, though most of you probably not that Canada practices a barbaric seal cull at this time of year. Sadly it has become a familiar sight; hundreds of Canadian Hunters clubbing passive-looking seals to death as they lie harmlessly in the snow. For over 150 years, fishermen have taken joy in clambering aboard their vessels for the seasonal cull, and no one really understands why. This savage and primitive practice must be stopped. This year protesters are turning up the heat against the Canadian government -The American Humane Society is calling for a boycott of Canadian seafood products, a multi-billion-dollar cross-border industry. This isn’t enough. The International Fund for Animal Welfare have stated that this is the largest commercial slaughter of marine mammals anywhere in the world. Canada is supposed to be a forward-thinking nation, how can that be if they are carrying out such a blatantly uncivilized (understatement of the year) act. It’s a murder spree!
“Bashing them over the head is akin to smacking a puppy on the head with a hammer. Autopsy evidence and veterinary reports prove that many of these animals are still alive at the point when they are skinned” - Phyllis Campbell-McRae -Ifaw’s Canadian Director
Apologists argue that these days the hunt is humane and cites a study by the Canadian Veterinary Association as saying that “minimal suffering” is involved. Well NO suffering should be involved! How can clubbing innocent seals to death be humane?! It’s outrageous! These barbarians cannot be allowed to continue their madness.
“that 98% of seals are clubbed in a humane manner” Roger Simon -Hunt co-ordinator
Hello?! How can you ‘club’ something to death humanely? Please let me know because I just can’t get my head round how bashing the brains of a little seal in can be done in a way which could be described as ‘humane’. I think that’s possibley THE most ridiculous statement I’ve ever heard. The Canadian government says the cull is not tied to markets or prices, but to the health of the seal population. I’m sorry, but that is absolute bollocks. These ‘fishermen’ travel for hours on boats out to these islands just to kill the seals - they are not interfering with human life or any other life for that matter, the seals are just minding their own bloody business. This cull contributes about half a percent to NewFoundLands GDP, so it’s clearly not something keeping people in longterm employment. THIS IS NOT POPULATION CONTROL. It is a sick practice carried out by those with base urges to kill something. It has to stop. |
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Well, at the moment, I'm a one-man-band, or one-woman-band I should say, who thinks that in order for society to progress socially and to sustain our environment, ridiculous, uncouth, savage practices such as this have to stop. There are a million other causes to argue against - some might think "Why bother? One signature isn't going to make a difference?" I say that if every person who thought that signed this petition they'd be suprised at the amount of difference they could make. I'm not expecting this little petition to magically end this 150 year old practice, but if it opens one eye, changes one mind, or raises even a tiny bit of awareness, then it was worth doing. So sign!
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