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Dusan,
The reason to purchase Sambro Island is to protect the Arctic Tern
colony, one of the furthest south. You can certainly describe an
exclusion zone for boating around Sambro Island in the same way as Pearl
Island is protected.
Hans
On 5/11/2015 10:23 AM, Dusan Soudek wrote:
> Hans,
> I feel your pain and disgust at the slaughter of seals, but I am
> afraid that buying Sambro Island and keeping people away from it will
> not resolve the issue. Seals can be easily shot from a boat, and you
> cannot simply ban boating around the island. Besides, who might
> enforce such a ban? Ultimately the solution lies in public education.
> I know of several seal colonies in the province that are a bit of a
> local tourist attraction, visited by tourist boats.
> Dusan Soudek
>
> > On May 11, 2015 at 9:04 AM Hans <htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Several years ago I found a harbour seal with gun shot wounds dying
> on a
> > beach in Crystal Crescent Beach Provincial Park. I assumed at the time
> > that this was an isolated incident. Not so it seems.
> >
> > Shotgun blasts have come from the direction of Sambro Island for years
> > but I only recently found out what is happening there. Apparently, and
> > this uncorroborated, fishermen possibly with permits are killing seals
> > and their pups. The really disturbing part is that shotguns will not
> > kill grey seals or even harbour seals but will cause them such pain and
> > agony that they eventually drown after suffering horribly.
> >
> > Since this happens with a secret handshake between the Department of
> > Fisheries and Oceans(also uncorroborated) and local fisherman it begs
> > the question on how many more secret handshakes are occurring and how
> > many other seal colonies are being butchered in this manner. The coast
> > guard base at Sambro Harbour certainly knows about this activity since
> > the gun shots can be heard all around the area.
> >
> > The answer to this depravity is simple. Buy the island from the Coast
> > Guard and close it to all human traffic. Only a small portion of
> land is
> > needed to host the lighthouse itself. Which brings up another act of
> > stupidity and barbarism. This time by the Coast Guard. They hover their
> > helicopters over the lighthouse regularly for extended periods for what
> > purpose I do not know but this could only be disruptive if not
> > destructive to the Arctic Tern colony.
> >
> > I recognize that the folks on this list can do nothing but perhaps,
> just
> > perhaps, this story can be followed up by a journalist if the
> > dissemination of this information is wide enough.
> >
> > To quote a famous Newfoundlander John Crosbie, "I didn't take the fish
> > out of the (expletives deleted) water". When John Cabot first came to
> > these shores he had to plow through the cod so the fallacious argument
> > that the seals ate all the fish does not hold water(sorry). The
> > fisherman took the fish out of the water.
> >
> > Laura and I will make a contribution to the Nova Scotia Nature Trust to
> > help them buy this island if hopefully they will take on this project
> > and then take this island away from our government(s) and close it to
> > humans except under supervision.
> >
> > Hans
> >
> > --
> > Hans Toom
> > http://www.hanstoom.com
> > http://www.hanstoom.com/blog
> >
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http://www.hanstoom.com
http://www.hanstoom.com/blog
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Dusan,<br>
<br>
The reason to purchase Sambro Island is to protect the Arctic Tern
colony, one of the furthest south. You can certainly describe an
exclusion zone for boating around Sambro Island in the same way as
Pearl Island is protected.<br>
<br>
Hans<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/11/2015 10:23 AM, Dusan Soudek
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<div> Hans, </div>
<div> I feel your pain and disgust at the slaughter of seals,
but I am afraid that buying Sambro Island and keeping
people away from it will not resolve the issue. Seals can
be easily shot from a boat, and you cannot simply ban boating
around the island. Besides, who might enforce such a ban?
Ultimately the solution lies in public education. I know of
several seal colonies in the province that are a bit of a local
tourist attraction, visited by tourist boats. </div>
<div> Dusan Soudek </div>
<div> </div>
<div> <br>
> On May 11, 2015 at 9:04 AM Hans
<htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca> wrote: <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Several years ago I found a harbour seal with gun shot
wounds dying on a <br>
> beach in Crystal Crescent Beach Provincial Park. I assumed
at the time <br>
> that this was an isolated incident. Not so it seems. <br>
> <br>
> Shotgun blasts have come from the direction of Sambro
Island for years <br>
> but I only recently found out what is happening there.
Apparently, and <br>
> this uncorroborated, fishermen possibly with permits are
killing seals <br>
> and their pups. The really disturbing part is that shotguns
will not <br>
> kill grey seals or even harbour seals but will cause them
such pain and <br>
> agony that they eventually drown after suffering horribly.
<br>
> <br>
> Since this happens with a secret handshake between the
Department of <br>
> Fisheries and Oceans(also uncorroborated) and local
fisherman it begs <br>
> the question on how many more secret hand