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Index of Subjects Definitely a young harp seals. Cheers, D -----Original Message----- From: James W. Wolford [mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca] Sent: October 9, 2011 9:50 PM To: NatureNS Cc: Jim Wolford; Bowen, Don; Ian McLaren Subject: 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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