Comments on: Canada Enraged After European Union Announces a Potential Ban on Imports of Seal Products

By: Bri

Bri — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:22:50 +0000

http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/sealhunt/ I recommend reading this.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:14:08 +0000

A growing number of people are not ignoring cruelty to animals that people tend to forget. There are scores of initiatives all around the world to help prevent cruelty to farm animal like cows, chickens and pigs, such as Proposal 4, to be voted on in November in California, which will ban some of the most cruel factory farming practices such as confining chickens and pigs. And EU countries have some of the highest animal welfare standards for farm animals and research animals in the world, though of course there is much room for improvement. So to accuse animal protection and environmental advocates of only caring about “cute” animals is simply not accurate. People in Europe, America, Canada, and even a growing number in Newfoundland, are opposed to the seal hunt because of its well-documented cruelty, the illegal killing methods (hunters skinning seals while still alive) and the impact on the seal population and marine ecosystem, and because of it’s sheer wastefulness. There’s little demand for seal meat so most of it is left on the ice to rot. The slaughter is mainly about the fur, and there’s absolutely no justification for killing animals so that we can wear their fur.

The seal hunt is just one of Canada’s many “stains”- old growth forest logging and Canadian mining companies’ exploitation of third world countries are some of the others- but should be one of the easiest to put a stop to. A license buy-out plan for the commercial sealers would probably cost the government less than the money Canada is loosing because of boycotts from the rest of the world.

By: seal lover

seal lover — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:41:05 +0000

how can the Eu tell us how to kill animals?
if i were a true vegan , i would be opposed , but this is only barbaric to those that have not been to a cow ,pib,chicken goat,slaughterhouse. the meat does not grow in styrofoam packets. and slaughter houses usually do not have the floor painted white to express the blood ….mind your own business EU… and maybe stop bullfights before pointing fingers. the atlantic is there for a good reason…to keep the idiots in Europe!!!
i,m joining the EU products boycott.

By: Levi Novey

Levi Novey — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:19:24 +0000

Jon– I very much so agree with you.

Michelle– It’s a very good point you make. My apologies for not making that distinction clear in the article. Just because my government does something because President Bush says we will does not mean I agree. It’s unfortunate that I and many other people have been trained/brainwashed to think of nations and governments unilaterally acting with all of their citizens agreeing.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:29:47 +0000

Actually, Canada is NOT enraged — the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans is enraged. Most Canadians are opposed to the slaughter of baby harp-seals (all of the seals killed are under 3 months old)and welcome the proposed EU legislation. DFO Minister Loyola Hearn does NOT speak for the majority of Canadian citizens and he never has. He speaks for his department only and for the “sealers” (who are fishermen for most of the year). The DFO’s budget is heavily padded by Canadian taxpayers in order to subsidize the operation of this costly slaughter — the largest slaughter of marine mammals on the planet.

By: jon

jon — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:42:39 +0000

Save the cute animals! Let’s ignore the constant inhumane practices on the not so cute ones, like chickens, cows, fish, etc.

The blinding hypocrisy makes it hard to focus enough to read sometimes.

By: The Job Tips Blogger

The Job Tips Blogger — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:37:04 +0000

For me this is a good move for the European Union. I believe this can lead to greater preservation of an important specie of the animal kingdom in seals.

I’ve always disliked killing seals and other animals to satisfy human wants.