and then if your going to bicth about the smelter, take those precious catalytic converters out of your green cars lol... Cause you know what that platinum came from here
Something Fishy in Canada. Very Fishy.
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Yup. Some people live in cities. Some don't.
Just wondering what you do with your used computer parts, used motor oil, pens with no ink left, etc.
Give what up?
Anyway, people, my point is that the seal hunt has more to do with human wants than it does for the benefit of nature.
It's not romantic to sit with your gal and enjoy the warm glow of the slag pits anymore?
Sometimes it's warmer in Creighton than in Flin Flon from the slag pits.
**** im going to flin flon tommorow
the reason why creighton is hot is because of the depth at which they are mining
now were bashing sudbury?
the reason why creighton is hot is because of the depth at which they are mining
now were bashing sudbury?
Because there are no bears. I suppose then though you would complain about the homeless and the traffic. How ****ty life is that we all can't just have everything the way we want it to be regardless of how it affects others.
Well I was trying to put it in a nice way. Not to your liking? Some black bears are on the threatened list. Slaughtering the last of a distinct subset of a species is stupid and criminal. So while you choose not to understand or simply can not, it remains that all black bears are not the same.
Native populations conquered, marginalized, farmed out and still get short shrift because they couldn't get up to speed with changes.
Maybe that's not nice to hear but that's what it is. The Greek gods are dead too. If you want to live in bear counry don't complain about the bears. You don't hear me complaining about garbage, homeless people and constant road contruction do you? You also don't hear me complain about bears.
The biggest problem with the cancellation of the spring bear hunt are all the bears that people kill now. Those bears are killed out of fear. Not the lack of it by the bear but the unfounded fear people have of them.
But this isn't about the spring bear hunt in Ontario, it's about the seal hunt on the east coast. Do you support hunting for fashion?
That's for sure. We had one that sat on our balcony railing outside the bedroom window and squawked at 5 every morning. Also they raided our filbert bush with regularity that would put an obsessive/compulsive to shame. lol
Wow, miss a few hours...miss a lot.
Yes the hunt is carried out in the name of vanity but that should not be the main focus. These animals are a direct threat to the remaining fish stocks on the east coast and in the arctic. Where is the leadership from our government to look at this industry and refine it so that the hunt is done for the right reasons? It needs attention at the federal and provincial level. Simply calling it cruel and saying it should be shut down is not constructive and is a kneejerk reaction. Take a cue from Karrie and process the whole animal. The meat can be used for pet food. It's also rich in protein and can be processed into capsules for human intake. Why aren't these paths explored further? Any way you slice it the hunt has to carry on, just to cull the necessary numbers in order to maintain balance in the region. Otherwise, we are going to see seals creeping up the St. Lawrence River straight to the heart of the country. Then by geezus you'll hear an outcry.
If the seal hunt is welfare then so is cattle ranching or mink farming or the textile industry. Your logic is weak and falls right in line with typical Canadian attitude towards the east coast. Sure, why don't we shut the hunt down. Then Ottawa can send the displaced people more of your tax dollars in transfer payments. Would that satisfy your righteous mind? Either way you can still use the 'welfare' mindset. How convenient, eh?
So I take it you won't be ordering one of the Saskatchewan Richardson Ground Squirrel cod pieces then?
So are we. lol
The same place they are concerning the messy fishfarms in BC. Hiding from it whilst trying to figure out how they can benefit.
As I mentioned before, our methods of management so far have sucked badly.
We made a mess of the fish stocks, we should figure out how to right our mistakes. But blaming dwindling fish stocks on some other creature while killing that other creature for its pelt won't do it.
I thought it was anywhere above water. Click on the link to a pic I took of a nice statue of the legend from the royal museum in ReginaThat's her Dad's fault. lol BTW, Turtle Island is North America.
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lol I suppose it would depend on whose translation you like. At any rate, you are right, Anishinaabe home grounds are back east and some of wife's family are here in BC
Where are the "slag pits" in Creighton? The older parts of slag mountain around Copper Cliff and Gatchell are green now - and last summer they limed and seeded Coniston's.
I agree with you. We have made a mess of the fish stocks. We have to live with that now. However, the cod fishery has been a non-entity since 1992. You would think the stocks would've replenished after 17 years of relative quiet. But they won't come back because the seal population keeps growing and, being a natural predator, seals will keep the cod stocks down by eating the few remaining fish in the area. They don't stand a chance of coming back unless the seal population is kept to a sensible level. This was not a problem when the cod stocks were strong, when both fishermen and seals alike could take from the pool and not jeopardize the balance. But the reality is foreign overfishing, poor government management and general disinterest from the likes of IFAW worked to decimate the cod (they're just not cute enough). Now it's our responsibility to correct this unbalance. If that means culling 2-3 million seals from the herd then let's get at it and let the bleeding hearts suck it up.
I fear the alternative...a total ban on the hunt.
