Seal hunt begins; IFAW bears witness

In article , pearl
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"Derek.Moody" wrote in message news:ant2112430b0BxcK@half-bake
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In article , pearl
wrote:

Why? The proper, and best, place for these seals, is where they are
now. You'll be more than compensated for leaving seals alone, with
increased tourism and commerce revenue, not to mention goodwill.

You're in Ireland. Take a trip to the west coast and ask the fishermen
there what they think of seals.

What do they *think*, moody?

Of seals? They don't like them. You can go and check if you like, there's
a regular bus from Dublin. They'll take you out to look at the seals for
EUR6.50; go on, they need the money.

Haven't you been paying attention?

Go to Glengariff and take the tourist
sealwatching trip to Garnish (sp?) Island, ask the boatman how much he earns
from tourists in the summer season and how much he would earn from fishing
all year round if he were allowed to shoot those same seals.

Tell us, moody. And based on what? What he *thinks*?

Experience. They used to shoot them.

Tourism pays minimum wages and it's seasonal. Few work in the sector by
choice.

Ask the same people that have sworn to not go to Canada because of the
seal hunt whether they would if the hunt was stopped, and if they'd like to
go seal watching when they did.

You'll have to, I've never met anyone with that stance. Of course most of
the people in the Irish (or any other nation's) Tourism Industry can't
afford transatlantic sealwatching holidays - Irish sealwatching pays too
little.

Oh, they aren't going to kill them all. There will be a few left for the
watchers.

Cheerio,

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