You would be right, they play a small part in the actual consumption of fish. But diseases once only found in Seals, are now being found in fish stocks.I was under the impression that seals were only a small part of lagging fish stocks.
That over fishing, polution and poor management by gov't were the biggest culprit in low fish stocks.
I think the problem most animal rights group have with the seal hunt isn't the killing of the animals, but the perceived inhumane way it's done.
That would be my only problem with it, if it's done in an inhumane way.
That would be my only problem with it, if it's done in an inhumane way.
I was under the impression that seals were only a small part of lagging fish stocks.
That over fishing, polution and poor management by gov't were the biggest culprit in low fish stocks.
I think the problem most animal rights group have with the seal hunt isn't the killing of the animals, but the perceived inhumane way it's done.
That would be my only problem with it, if it's done in an inhumane way.
Damn, I could make and sell those right out of the shed...;-)Canadian Hakapik Spec's & details: Hakapik - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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What does an avatar showing an American hunter having shot a single wolf in the head have to do with the subject of this thread?
Thanks to the 2 or 3 people who are able to stand on their own feet and post on topic in this thread without going into defense/attack mode. I raised a very legitimate question. And nothing to do with the morality of it all.
I'm not in attack mode, I'm in 'Jeez, but that's funny' mode.
Something about the white fur and the blood, and the obvious satisfaction of the hunter makes me laugh.
What makes that different, is it because the hunter is American, or the fact that it was purely for sport, that makes it somehow better than a commercial hunt of non-white seals by Canadians?
It's funny as hell, and your lack of understanding makes it more so.
You need to calm down.Listen to me. You need to stop giggling for a minute. I can't make it any simpler for you than this:
I don't care if you take your baby seals, stick 'em up your @ss and set fire to the whole configuration of your @ss and the baby seal. I WAS QUESTIONING WHY CANADA THOUGHT IT WAS WORTH 6 MILLION DOLLARS TO CONTINUE WITH THE SEAL HUNT.
Now take a deep breath, avoid eye contact with my avatar, and get a good night's rest.
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Listen to me. You need to stop giggling for a minute. I can't make it any simpler for you than this:
I don't care if you take your baby seals, stick 'em up your @ss and set fire to the whole configuration of your @ss and the baby seal. I WAS QUESTIONING WHY CANADA THOUGHT IT WAS WORTH 6 MILLION DOLLARS TO CONTINUE WITH THE SEAL HUNT.
Now take a deep breath, avoid eye contact with my avatar, and get a good night's rest.
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To understand the seal hunt in Newfoundland and throughout the Arctic you have to understand the culture and the history there. For hundreds of years this industry has sustained a people who rely on the income from the hunt to augment their annual income. This might not mean much to a ranch hand from Montana or Texas but it means a lot to families who count on this income year after year. The number of animals killed at the annual seal hunt is smaller than the number of animals killed for pelts on European fur farms every week. Go protest that you animal welfare nutbars.
This is not about the $16 million dollars. That's a mere pittance. Chump change. This is bigger than that. Man has upset the balance in the Atlantic region and throughout the Arctic. A man sitting on a dusty ranch in the midwest of America might have a problem understanding the damage that's been done to the oceans in those areas. You turn on your TV set in the evening and you see the latest lunatic from PETA screaming their lungs out about an injustice to the seals in Newfoundland but you're not getting the true story. It's all played up to you by the ****heads to pull at your heartstrings and make you feel empathy for the seal. When in reality the whitecoats have not been hunted in 22 years, the majority of the seals are killed with a bullet (much like the kill in your avatar), the seal population is not endangered at all, in fact they threaten the remaining fish species in the region because of their burgeoning numbers.
I'd suggest you educate yourself a liitle bit on this topic and then we'll talk.