Seal hunt begins; IFAW bears witness

"pearl" wrote in message ...
"Derek.Moody" wrote in message ...
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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*?

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.

'Newfoundland hunters kill about 245,000 seals, .. which brings in an
estimated $12 million in revenues from pelts, meat, and oil.'
http://www.harpseals.org/seals/tours/

Scottish ministers consider seal cull
Monday July 16, 2001
The Guardian
...
Cara Brydson, a marine campaigner with the International Fund
for Animal Welfare, said a seal cull would be cruel and counter-
productive. Ms Brydson said seals preyed on fish which ate other
fish so a drop in the number of seals could also result in a drop in
the number of fish.

She added that a cull would devastate seal-watching trips in Britain,
which generate around £36m in tourism revenue each year.
...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/st...522410,00.html