Canadian Seal Hunt
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Me to! Tastes like moose I heard.
110% for it!!!lots of anti-seal hunt groups on facebook to join and post some educational information for the poor misinformed hippies....lol...
They post photos from the 70's of white coats being killed but the killing of while coats has been banned since 1987....Just like the anti-gun crowd the only things they have on their side is emotions and bleeding hearts. The only way they can get people on their side is with misinformation once you prove them wrong or disagree they call you names like children...... They have no logical reason for ending the hunt other then seals are cute and that means we shouldn't kill them.....but but what about cows, chickens, pigs.......
They post photos from the 70's of white coats being killed but the killing of while coats has been banned since 1987....Just like the anti-gun crowd the only things they have on their side is emotions and bleeding hearts. The only way they can get people on their side is with misinformation once you prove them wrong or disagree they call you names like children...... They have no logical reason for ending the hunt other then seals are cute and that means we shouldn't kill them.....but but what about cows, chickens, pigs.......
stormbringer
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- Location
- S.W. Ontario
Kill seals
kill white coats
I support both.
kill white coats
I support both.
- Location
- California (formerly from BC)
Definitely - it is a tradition, a way of life for people, and is sustainable. Also, the income for many seal hunters is very low - seal hunting provides for them, and not everyone can move to Toronto or Vancouver or something and give up rural traditions!!!!!!!!
I also find those who are calling it barbaric completely racist, yet the same people allow the Norwegians to do this. Finally - anything celebrities are for, I am often against.
I also find those who are calling it barbaric completely racist, yet the same people allow the Norwegians to do this. Finally - anything celebrities are for, I am often against.
The hides make some fine products. There are plenty of uses for the carcass too, but human food doesn't seem to be high on the list. If it was tasty (according to consumer palettes), there'd be a market for expensive cuts of seal meat - and there isn't and isn't likely to be. Ultimately, I suppose if the meat was in demand (and they weren't so cute), there might not be nearly so much opposition to the hunt. I haven't tried seal meat yet, but I understand that very few who do go back for more. It's no coincidence that all the recipes you see are designed to mask the flavour (with bacon, marinates, etc.).
By THE CANADIAN PRESS, cp.org, Updated: March 15, 2010 4:43 PM
East Coast seal hunt quota increases despite very poor ice conditions
OTTAWA - The federal government has increased the quota for this year's East Coast seal hunt despite ice conditions that some fishermen say are the worst in years.
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has set this year's total allowable catch for harp, hooded and grey seals at 388,200 - up 50,000 from last year's total quota.
The higher quota is solely due to an increase of 50,000 harp seals.
The harp seal quota includes an allocation of 20,000 seals to support three projects proposed by the sealing industry that the department says aim to make the fullest possible use of the animals.
"Our government recognizes the importance of the sealing industry to the people and the economies of Canadian coastal communities," Fisheries Minister Gail Shea said in a statement Monday.
"Ongoing efforts are made to ensure our management decisions include the perspective of our scientists, as well as the input of Canadians in Atlantic Canada, Quebec and the North who work and depend on the industry for their livelihood."
Shea said the population of harp seals is about 6.9 million, more than triple what it was in the 1970s.
As in the past, about 70 per cent of the quota is allocated to fishermen working in the waters northeast of Newfoundland and Labrador, while the Gulf of St. Lawrence receives the rest.
Some fishermen have said the ice conditions are so poor this year that they may not venture out to hunt.
East Coast seal hunt quota increases despite very poor ice conditions
OTTAWA - The federal government has increased the quota for this year's East Coast seal hunt despite ice conditions that some fishermen say are the worst in years.
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has set this year's total allowable catch for harp, hooded and grey seals at 388,200 - up 50,000 from last year's total quota.
The higher quota is solely due to an increase of 50,000 harp seals.
The harp seal quota includes an allocation of 20,000 seals to support three projects proposed by the sealing industry that the department says aim to make the fullest possible use of the animals.
"Our government recognizes the importance of the sealing industry to the people and the economies of Canadian coastal communities," Fisheries Minister Gail Shea said in a statement Monday.
"Ongoing efforts are made to ensure our management decisions include the perspective of our scientists, as well as the input of Canadians in Atlantic Canada, Quebec and the North who work and depend on the industry for their livelihood."
Shea said the population of harp seals is about 6.9 million, more than triple what it was in the 1970s.
As in the past, about 70 per cent of the quota is allocated to fishermen working in the waters northeast of Newfoundland and Labrador, while the Gulf of St. Lawrence receives the rest.
Some fishermen have said the ice conditions are so poor this year that they may not venture out to hunt.
I proudly take part, so of course I am supportive of it.
And I must say, those who are against the seal hunt probably hold that opinion rooted in ignorance.
Don't get me wrong, everyone is entitled to an opinion, but please please let it be based on facts rather than propaganda and innuendo.
And I must say, those who are against the seal hunt probably hold that opinion rooted in ignorance.
Don't get me wrong, everyone is entitled to an opinion, but please please let it be based on facts rather than propaganda and innuendo.
There is only so much outcry about it because baby seals are cute. I don't think they even hunt the babies. Where are all the protesters when some other, perhaps less cute, animal faces extinction? There isn't any threat to the seal population. I want to smack the smug euros who banned Canadian seal products, yet hunted almost every large animal on their continent to near extinction.
