More on the Canadian seal hunt
Facts about the Canadian Seal Hunt [HSUS] This site leads to other related articles and information.
Shots fired amid confrontation during seal hunt in Gulf of St. Lawrence [Yahoo news]
No cod? Blame the seals! [Greenpeace]
I love the last sentence:
“You don’t manage an ecosystem by beating it to death.”
CANADIAN ATLANTIC FISHERIES COLLAPSE [Greenpeace]
SAVING THE FUTURE [Marinenews.com]
“The fact that the world is fast running out of fish through over fishing is no great secret. We have seen the cod fishery of the Grand Banks off eastern Canada devastated by bad scientific advise and commercial greed. The prolific numbers of fish in this area made it appear as if it would go on forever, yet the grounds were nearly trawled to extinction by the sheer massive level of commercial effort.
“The North Sea fishery was also another fishery disaster after it suffered years of high-tech rape and pillage with only a token gesture of conservation….”
“Canada’s Season of Shame is upon us” [Matthew Scully]
“Canada’s Cowardly Face” [Matthew Scully]
US Senators’ Resolution 269 [from 11/03, but timely as the killing continues]
More on this year’ seal hunt:
‘Save the Seals — Boycott Canadian Sea Food’
(Today’s post bumped “Priest launches national animal-rights network” from the home page. The linked, downloadable article by Richelle Thompson was published in the March, 2005 issue of “Interchange”, the newspaper of the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio.)