Zach LarkinsEVEN MORE ON THE SEAL HUNT
The East Coast seal hunt quietly opened the other day in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. That is, until Ms Rebecca Aldworth, of the Humane Society of the United States, opened her mouth. A bit of background here. Aldworth was banned from the hunt last year for interference. The rules at the time said that no one could get within 10 metres of the hunters. She chose to ignore that rule and ended up getting seal guts dumped on her head. Today, she is back with a vengeance. And her mouth is bigger than ever. In a move typical of a coward, she will not reveal her exact whereabouts except to say she is on the west coast of Newfoundland and Labrador. These animal rights activists know they face far more animosity from people living in small communities on the coast. They garner great sympathy from people in Saskatchewan and Europe, who know nothing about the hunt, as opposed to any they might get from the people actually engaged in the hunt for numerous, valid reasons. Last year, the humane society had difficulty getting helicopters refueled and, at one point, Aldworth and her companions were trapped in a hotel for several hours by angry local residents. They should have kept them there until the hunt was over.
Aldworth said she had to do a lot of arguing with Fisheries Department officials who wanted to restrict the number of helicopters in the northern Gulf to one per observer group. By the end of the day, humane society members were told they could take out two of their three helicopters, which will be carrying journalists from as far away as France and South Korea. Why do they need three helicopters? What business does France or South Korea have sticking their nose in our business? Do we protest the snail, sorry, escargot, hunt in France? Do we tell the South Koreans not to eat dogs? Why isn't the Humane Society on their cases? Because, as Nova Scotia MP Rodger Cuzner said, "The stark fact is we're talking about blood on the ice. The truth is it's an abbatoir on ice. If you eat meat at all, the meat you're eating came through some kind of similar process."
The hunt opened on Wednesday in the northern Gulf and it presents the only real opportunity this year for hunt opponents to get the visual images they need to fuel their campaign to stop the annual ‘slaughter' on the ice. Of course, as PETA proved, if those images are not gruesome enough for their supporters, they will simply make up some of their own. And talk has-beens like Bardot, McCartney, Mills and Anderson-Lee into believing they are true.
The Canadian government decided to prohibit observers during the opening days of the hunt in the southern Gulf and, combined with poor ice and few seals, cut off the traditional, more convenient staging ground for the annual stand-off between hunters and observers. Sounds to me like they are looking after the safety of both the hunters and protestors. The quota has already been lowered to 270,000 seals. And again, no white-coats are allowed to be killed. But Aldworth doesn't see it that way. "To us, that says there's something the Canadian government didn't want the public to see," she said. Yeah, maybe they don't want us to see Aldworth making a bigger ass of herself.
Meanwhile, way far away, on the other side of the world, in the Philippines, starfish seem to be attacking coral reefs. The solution to this problem appears to be using tongs to gently pry the starfish from the coral head or rock face. Then, the starfish are burned in an open space. Apparently cutting them up could allow them to regenerate. The World Wide Fund for Nature endorses this and PETA and the Humane Society ignore it. Pick on the seal hunters, who have a valid case, but ignore throwing live animals into a fire.
How two-faced can you get?
Aldworth said she had to do a lot of arguing with Fisheries Department officials who wanted to restrict the number of helicopters in the northern Gulf to one per observer group. By the end of the day, humane society members were told they could take out two of their three helicopters, which will be carrying journalists from as far away as France and South Korea. Why do they need three helicopters? What business does France or South Korea have sticking their nose in our business? Do we protest the snail, sorry, escargot, hunt in France? Do we tell the South Koreans not to eat dogs? Why isn't the Humane Society on their cases? Because, as Nova Scotia MP Rodger Cuzner said, "The stark fact is we're talking about blood on the ice. The truth is it's an abbatoir on ice. If you eat meat at all, the meat you're eating came through some kind of similar process."
The hunt opened on Wednesday in the northern Gulf and it presents the only real opportunity this year for hunt opponents to get the visual images they need to fuel their campaign to stop the annual ‘slaughter' on the ice. Of course, as PETA proved, if those images are not gruesome enough for their supporters, they will simply make up some of their own. And talk has-beens like Bardot, McCartney, Mills and Anderson-Lee into believing they are true.
The Canadian government decided to prohibit observers during the opening days of the hunt in the southern Gulf and, combined with poor ice and few seals, cut off the traditional, more convenient staging ground for the annual stand-off between hunters and observers. Sounds to me like they are looking after the safety of both the hunters and protestors. The quota has already been lowered to 270,000 seals. And again, no white-coats are allowed to be killed. But Aldworth doesn't see it that way. "To us, that says there's something the Canadian government didn't want the public to see," she said. Yeah, maybe they don't want us to see Aldworth making a bigger ass of herself.
Meanwhile, way far away, on the other side of the world, in the Philippines, starfish seem to be attacking coral reefs. The solution to this problem appears to be using tongs to gently pry the starfish from the coral head or rock face. Then, the starfish are burned in an open space. Apparently cutting them up could allow them to regenerate. The World Wide Fund for Nature endorses this and PETA and the Humane Society ignore it. Pick on the seal hunters, who have a valid case, but ignore throwing live animals into a fire.
How two-faced can you get?
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