Excuse Me. We are terrible conservationists? I Beg your pardon but it seems to me because of the slaughter of wolves by Americans, that you have had to import wolves from Canada just so you have a few left. I don't recall Canada having to import any Harp Seals from the US because we killed them all.
We have a couple of old has been celebrities, who want face time, come up here and Demand, none the less, that we stop the seal hunt. KMA bubs.
I don't like the seal hunt either. But be damned if I will give in to a couple of old has beens, who are not even Canadian citizens, come here and Demand, no less, that we stop the seal hunt. They can kiss my behind. I'm sure all of you Americans love it when foreigners come in and tell you how to run your country. You can do this, but you Can't do that.
Harp Seals are no where near extinction. Why are they not expending their energy in China for the Panda, and Africa for the Gorilla and Rhino. And the tigers are soooo endangered. Why are they whining about a species who is absolutely thriving? You tell me..... Face Time. I Say FO.
Another whiner.
OK - Canadians used to be terrible conservationists and finally been getting it years after America did and only after they realized that they were losing money. In Ontario in the 60s and 70s at least, canadians did not even need a license to hunt deer..result? They decimated the deer population in ontario. That is a fact.
We have been way up north in Quebec and Ontario and rarely do we ever see a deer...and moose? - nothing in Quebec, just a few that cross over from Maine but they don't last long. Quebeckers even laugh aobut the fact that Maine loves its moose..but Quebeckers love moose hides.
So there. Do what you want with the seals..it's "your" country. But stop blathering on about your lousy conservation practices...you seem to be getting it more recently and people like Ted Nugent have brought some sense to your politicians.
"Why are they whining about a species who is absolutely thriving? You tell me..... Face Time. I Say FO."
I can answer that question LilyBean, it's because the Greenpeace documentary of the 1970s, which showed BABY seals being clubbed by evil clubbers, was the SINGLE biggest fundraiser for AR groups ever. The AR organizations acknowledge this, and use it as a textbook example of how to illicit public support/funds.
Only problem is, a Canadian investigative journalist proved years ago the seal clubbers in the documentary were PAID to club those seals by Greenpeace. It was very profitable for Greenpeace.
Plus seals are SO CUTE.
Remember Free Willy, the movie? After the movie the AR groups started a fundraising drive to raise funds to -- well -- Free Willy, the whale in the movie.
Only problem was, a Free Willy wasn't valuable as a fundraiser. So, they couldn't Free Willy because they needed him to raise money for the cause. Anyway, Willy either died in captivity or was freed after many, many years held in captivity by the people who freed him, and immediately died (can't remember which, but it was one of the two).
The Animal Rights/Animal Protection groups are an interesting study. Mostly they are about raising money. The Humane Society of the U.S. is behind this seal protest. Check into their finances sometime :)Also, don't expect them to spend any of the millions they raise to save, feed, house, spay, or neuter any animals. Most of their funding goes for outrageous salaries and for fundraising efforts (like anti seal hunts) to raise more money.