next message in archive
next message in thread
previous message in archive
Index of Subjects
--_ca864976-60e0-4500-be11-ca67130ef069_
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi All=2C=20
Every year the seal hunt issue gets brought up by someone finding some grue=
some evidence of it. Some of us make a few comments=2C others wont touch it=
with a ten foot pole=2C and then the hunt is over and our thoughts are hus=
hed until next year. Its rather an annual event now=2C isn't it?=20
Its not in my nature to be a fan of hunting in any flavour. I do realize th=
at in many places in Canada the seal hunt is a cultural event and that the =
seals are harvested for pelts and oil=2C ect. I have never come across Nova=
Scotian seal products=2C although I'm sure there isn't much of a market fo=
r such wares here. Through my=2C admittedly not all knowing=2C eyes the Nov=
a Scotian seal hunt is neither for product=2C nor culture. It seems to me t=
hat its fisher people=2C the most threatening of fish predators=2C blaming =
the seals for low numbers.=20
This link=2C to this really quite beautiful site=2C was brought to my atten=
tion:http://www.sealsonline.org/seal-universal-declaration.php
Very nice=2C non? So the illegal seal hunters must be an even larger pain i=
n the frozen toes to these people than to regular humans=2C like myself=2C =
who are hurt and disgusted by the massacre. We touched last year on the cor=
pses that wash up decapitated=2C all around Nova Scotian shores. Some said =
that it was ice berg decapitation. My reply is that thousands of ice berg d=
ecapitations a year would eventually result in some sort of evolutionary re=
sponse. By now seals smart enough to see it coming would have been selected=
for=2C bringing the headless corpse numbers down to single digits a year=
=2C if any.=20
Last year the Bras D'or Institute held a conference on the seal hunt. I ask=
ed a friend who was part of it if the illegal hunt was addressed: we hosted=
a workshop last November on the future of the grey seal hunt in eastern No=
va Scotia. one of the most interesting workshops i've ever attended. the il=
legal hunt was addressed=2C but the whole situation is a mess (industry=2C =
research and government). the power of PETA is outstanding and unfortunate.=
because of government bowing down to their propaganda=2C the evolution of =
a sustainable and ethical industry is hindered.
I'll see if i can find some more information...
Jen
To: iffercooper@hotmail.com
From: jimwolford@eastlink.ca
Subject: re seal issues in N.S. & Can. & world
Date: Wed=2C 3 Feb 2010 17:16:09 -0400
Thanks=2C Jen=2C for providing this resource for those interested in all of=
this=2C like myself. Jim in Wolfville
Begin forwarded message:From: jen cooper <iffercooper@hotmail.com>Date: Feb=
ruary 3=2C 2010 2:58:00 PM ASTTo: naturens@chebucto.ns.caSubject: RE: [Natu=
reNS] sealReply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
'tis the season.=20
http://www.fisherycrisis.com/seals/greysealhunt.htm
From: jeannies@ns.sympatico.ca
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: [NatureNS] seal
Date: Tue=2C 2 Feb 2010 10:51:33 -0400
While out walking on Point Michaud beach in Cape Breton with friends we cam=
e across a dead seal which looked to have been clubbed on the head.I have a=
photo if anyone would like to confirm this.If it is true I think it's just=
awful that someone would do this!Jeannie
All your Hotmail contacts on your phone. Try it now.
=20
_________________________________________________________________
--_ca864976-60e0-4500-be11-ca67130ef069_
Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
<html>
<head>
<style><!--
.hmmessage P
{
margin:0px=3B
padding:0px
}
body.hmmessage
{
font-size: 10pt=3B
font-family:Verdana
}
--></style>
</head>
<body class=3D'hmmessage'>
Hi All=2C =3B<div><br></div><div>Every year the seal hunt issue gets br=
ought up by someone finding some gruesome evidence of it. Some of us make a=
few comments=2C others wont touch it with a ten foot pole=2C and then the =
hunt is over and our thoughts are hushed until next year. Its rather an ann=
ual event now=2C isn't it? =3B</div><div><br></div><div>Its not in my n=
ature to be a fan of hunting in any flavour. I do realize that in many plac=
es in Canada the seal hunt is a cultural event and that the seals are harve=
sted for pelts and oil=2C ect. I have never come across Nova Scotian seal p=
roducts=2C although I'm sure there isn't much of a market for such wares he=
re. Through my=2C admittedly not all knowing=2C eyes the Nova Scotian seal =
hunt is neither for product=2C nor culture. It seems to me that its fisher =
people=2C the most threatening of fish predators=2C blaming the seals for l=
ow numbers. =3B</div><div><br></div><div>This link=2C to this really qu=
ite beautiful site=2C was brought to my attention:</div><div>http://www.sea=
lsonline.org/seal-universal-declaration.php</div><div><br></div><div>Very n=
ice=2C <i>non</i>? So the illegal seal hunters must be an even larger pain =
in the frozen toes to these people than to regular humans=2C like myself=2C=
who are hurt and disgusted by the massacre. We touched last year on the co=
rpses that wash up decapitated=2C all around Nova Scotian shores. Some said=
that it was ice berg decapitation. My reply is that thousands of ice berg =
decapitations a year would eventually result in some sort of evolutionary r=
esponse. By now seals smart enough to see it coming would have been selecte=
d for=2C bringing the headless corpse numbers down to single digits a year=
=2C if any. =3B</div><div><br></div><div>Last year the Bras D'or Instit=
ute held a conference on the seal hunt. I asked a friend who was part of it=
if the illegal hunt was addressed: =3B</div><div><span class=3D"Apple-=
style-span" style=3D"font-family: 'lucida grande'=2C tahoma=2C verdana=2C a=
rial=2C sans-serif=3B font-size: 11px=3B color: rgb(51=2C 51=2C 51)=3B ">we=
hosted a workshop last November on the future of the grey seal hunt in eas=
tern Nova Scotia. one of the most interesting workshops i've ever attended.=
the illegal hunt was addressed=2C but the whole situation is a mess (indus=
try=2C research and government). the power of PETA is outstanding and unfor=
tunate. because of government bowing down to their propaganda=2C the evolut=
ion of a sustainable and ethical industry is hindered.</span></div><div><fo=
nt class=3D"Apple-style-span" color=3D"#333333" face=3D"'lucida grande'=2C =
tahoma=2C verdana=2C arial=2C sans-serif" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-s=
tyle-span" style=3D"font-size: 11px=3B"><br></span></font></div><div><font =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" color=3D"#333333" face