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For all of you who saw today's article (Sunday Oct. 8/11) below,  
check out the photo chosen by the Chronicle Herald to accompany it.   
Supposedly it is a female grey seal.  NO WAY!  I hope many of you  
recognized it as an immature or yearling HARP SEAL.

Chronicle Herald, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011

http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/1267497.html

To cull or not to cull
Review: Little evidence killing seals helps cod

By MICHAEL MACDONALD The Canadian Press
Sun, Oct 9 - 11:19 AM


I usually check these out first with Ian McLaren, but this time I  
will leave it to him to correct my diagnosis if I am wrong.

I have a lot to say about this proposed "experiment" that the federal  
Fisheries and Oceans Department wants to conduct in the Gulf of St.  
Lawrence, but for now I will just say that I'm happy to hear the  
recent comments of well-known scientists like Bob Fournier, Hal  
Whitehead, Boris Worm, et al., and now the Canadian Science Advisory  
Secretariat (apparently a branch of the Fisheries department??).

Many scientists and environmentalists and animal rights advocates are  
speaking out that this proposed cull is not scientifically based at  
all, but is purely political, catering to a loud lobby of fishermen  
and sealers.  And calling the cull an "experiment" is truly the  
height of folly, claiming to be testing some hypothesis (preposterous).

Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.

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</table><div>&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><div><br></div><div>I usually check =
these out first with Ian McLaren, but this time I will leave it to him =
to correct my diagnosis if I am wrong.</div><div><br></div><div>I have a =
lot to say about this proposed "experiment" that the federal Fisheries =
and Oceans Department wants to conduct in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, but =
for now I will just say that I'm happy to hear the recent comments of =
well-known scientists like Bob Fournier, Hal Whitehead, Boris Worm, et =
al., and now the&nbsp;<span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; ">Canadian Science =
Advisory Secretariat (apparently a branch of the Fisheries =
department??). &nbsp;</span></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; =
"><br></span></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; ">Many scientists and =
environmentalists and animal rights advocates are speaking out that this =
proposed cull is not scientifically based at all, but is purely =
political, catering to a loud lobby of fishermen and sealers. &nbsp;And =
calling the cull an "experiment" is truly the height of folly, claiming =
to be testing some hypothesis (preposterous).</span></div><div><span =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; =
"><br></span></div><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; ">Cheers from Jim in =
Wolfville.</span></div></div></body></html>=

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