This crap against seal harvesting is obviously posted by
professional agitators employed to erode Canadian sovereignty. It is
all emotive argument and propaganda, with no basis in reality.

Seals are part of the food chain. Humans eat seals. Seals eat fish.
Seals carry the worm that kills codfish and others. They are
predators in competition with humans, and need to be harvested in
reasonable proportion to the fish we harvest to eat, if the natural
balance is to be restored.

European draggers are killing the fish and spoiling the breeding
grounds for fish near the North American shelf. The bycatch is
wasted in appalling quantity. It amounts to an undermining of the
Canadian food chain, akin to the slaughter of the buffalo
perpetrated by newly arrived europeans hundreds of years ago.

This economic war we suffer from in so many areas (oil, wood,
potatoes, cattle, wheat, water, electricity, etc., etc.) is
conducted by wily, rich europeans who want to ruin the Canadian
economy so they can buy Canada at a discount and then exploit it as
they have exploited europe. They want to make Canada as devoid of
nature as western europe has become.

They do not like that Canadians are about the last nation on earth
where people are still somewhat free from overbearing governmental
control exercised on behalf of gigantic conscienceless corporations
who do not respect the sovereignty of free men, but are geared to
dominate and enslave all free men for only profit.

It is far more merciful to kill seals quickly, with a gun or club
than it is to let them eventually starve, having eaten all of our
fish, suffer disease, or be torn apart as playthings by voracious
dolphins, sharks and killer whales, with no benefit to native
peoples, who have been subsisting on the seal and what fish remains
for millennia, as is their natural right.

Sealskin makes excellent leather. Seal meat is excellent not only
for pet and working dogs' food, but also for people who have the
opportunity to enjoy it. Seal oil is superior to mineral oil for
many uses, and may soon become economically more profitable than
escalating oil in an artificially manipulated market.

Canadians spend more tourist dollars in europe than europeans spend
in Canada.

We should stop going there.

Terry K

pearl wrote:
Agreed!, but two wrongs don't make a right you know. You've NO excuses,
either.

"Tim" wrote
in message news Maybe you can try to get your Prime Minister to follow international
law and not go around invading other countries that are of no threat.
Then maybe you can get your Prime Minister to stop buddying around
with dictators like Ghadaffi.
Then maybe you can complain about our country.

pearl wrote:

"Daniel Audet" wrote in message
om...


I find it funny that the group based out of England/ Ireland cannot get the
people of ireland to stop fighting each other, maiming and killing humans,



We're at least trying.



but are willing to try dammaging the way of life for some Canadians. They do
this by stating Canada isn't following European law. Maybe he should look
up where Canada is on a map.



The objection arises because of the cruelty, which is an obvious
serious breaching of humane conduct. Humanity everywhere is
objecting very strongly, and your refusal to listen harms you too.



Here's a hint. It's part of North America, not Europe. These people who
struggle to make a living in a repressed economy are not subjects of
England, not subject to European law and well within their rights to perform
their harvesting.
Work toward saving people from harm before destroying the livelyhoods of
others.

Dan.



'In 2001 UK tourists spent the equivalent of 1.026 billion Canadian
dollars - this is a massive source of income to Canada. Whereas the
seal hunt, by contrast, is a volatile industry and although accurate
figures are hard to come by it is estimated to be worth approximately
only Can $6 million.

The hunt is actually heavily subsidised by the Canadian Government
and when the subsidies are taken into account it is worth closer to just
Can $3 million. '
http://www.boycott-canada.com/

- Boycott is a predictable enough reaction.

Observe http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/236982184 ,
and see the impact this is having on your country. People love
seals- they are regarded as inquisitive, friendly and intelligent
creatures. I'm sure you could earn a little extra cash welcoming
eco-friendly tourism in the area. - Just think- you are actually
slaughtering one of your area's best tourist $$$s earner assets!