Culling of seals humane and viable, says Canada

The Scotsman ^ | November 18, 2006 | JAMES KIRKUP

[MadIvan]

Anything this cute deserves what it gets.

Plus they make a nice crunchy sound when you hit them over the head.

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Ping!

[Mrs Ivan]

You are a very bad man!

[MadIvan]

Well, dear, isn't that one of the reasons why you like me? :)

Love, Ivan

[goldstategop]

Canadians are tired of outsiders telling them they can't hunt in their own land. For many in Labrador and New Foundland, the steady work of seal hunting beats being idle on welfare from Ottawa.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[DownInFlames]

First this, then killing unborn babies. Go figure.

[goldstategop]

Liberals think baby seals are cute, unborn human babies are an ugly inconvenience.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[billorites]

Why don't you cull your own damn herd!

[darth]

The traditional Inuit method of killing seals is to hit them in the head. The skull is so fragile that they often just used their fists...no club needed. Clubbing them is as humane as the captive bolt guns used on cattle and other domestic meat sources. It is obvious that if the seals are not culled they will eat all of the fish and then the seals will starve to death.

[newzjunkey]

In San Diego there is a never ending battle over the man-made "children's pool" and the seals who have invaded and are a massive public health hazard.

I propose a new publicity campaign: "Save a beach, club a seal. Do it for the children."

[Nathan Zachary]

Cute. And illegal to hunt, except for polar bears, who do in fact enjoy those nice crunchy little snacks. But that pic defies another activist lie, that the ice is melting, and the poor polar bears don't have any pack ice to play crunch the baby seal on.

Canada's single biggest PR problem isn't the seal hunt, it's the lies the activists tell.

[sgtbono2002]

Whoa , there pardner , You just made sense.

Those who love baby seals would much rather watch them starve than be hunted.

Wish we could have a slaughter like this here where I live against white tailed deer who get a thrill from dodging automobiles.

[Nathan Zachary]

Inuit don't hunt baby seals either.

This is legal seal size.

[samtheman]

While some fishermen still make the connection between the seal population and falling stocks,

Sort of like hunters in Alaska worried that wolves will deplete moose populations. Laughable, if it wasn't both bogus and sad.

[elc]

Get a room...

Oh, wait, nevermind.

[darth]

I have read extensively about the Inuit; they have always fascinated me. In one of my books an anthropologist describes Inuit hunters killing a baby seal and then dangling it in the water in order to get its mother to come close enough for a kill. Another interesting hunt was described by a Hudsons Bay trader: the Inuit intentionally shot a large number of caribou through the hind legs to hobble them. Then the hunters drove the herd of wounded animals 5 miles back to the river where the meat would be accessible by boat. When the white trader shot his first caribou through the heart, the Inuit yelled at him, "You want to pack all that meat five miles back to the river?" Primitive societies would find our modern sensibilities to be quaint when survival was the priority.

[fanfan]

Canada ping.

Please send me a FReepmail to get on or off this Canada ping list.

[proud_yank]

Correct me if I am wrong, but there is no shortage of seals, no? I imagine that seal oil is still widely used in northern regions of Canada, and I have heard it is still used quite a bit in Alaska too.

If Hollywood and NYC elitists would stop wearing their fur, then liberals would be able to stop complaining.

[Charlespg]

LOL !

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