seal cull to go ahead in canada

[AA grumpy]

good evening welcome along to another late night cuddle up to grumpy.
the contraversial seal cull will go ahead in canada dispite an eu proposed ban on seal products.
the hunters who either club or shoot the seals in the head are now being told to cut the arteries under the flipper to ensure the seal is dead not stunned before it is skinned.
animal rights groups say this is adding bleeding to a needless cull.

AAG
i normaly class animal rights, greenpeace, friends of the earth, etc as the beard and sandalls brigade or teachers college lecturers or long haired unwashed lay about students.
but tonight im going to surprise you by agreeing with them all.
the uk neighbouring america and the rest of the world should join in the worldwide condemnation of canada.s seal cull.
we humans do not need to kill these defenceless mammals just because we can.
we do not need seal products and i hope that the eu bans seal products and that groups such as animal rights, greenpeace, friends of the earth,
can do what they can to obstruct the cull and perhaps one day the seals can be left in peace.
AAG

[Accountable]

Are seals endangered?

[abbey]

Originally Posted by Accountable

Are seals endangered?

No, it's not so much they do it, it's the way they do it ACC.

[Accountable]

Generally, a cull is for thinning a herd. We had that debate in Louisiana concerning our deer. The population was so heavy that there wasn't enough of a food supply. Hunting helps keep the overall herd healthy.

Is this instance different?

[spot]

I doubt it. I'm baffled at what annoys people. Given a choice between either permanently saving a breeding population of something at the top of the food chain or a million of the current humans on the planet I'd go for animal conservation every time, but criticizing a seal cull is just plain backward.

[mikeinie]

It all comes down to supply & demand, if there isn’t a market for the stuff there is not need for the business.

Don’t blame the Canadian hunters if rich Americans like to wear their seal skin fur coats.

Also, the last time they stopped the seal cull the Cod stocks in the grand banks off of Newfoundland were almost wiped out because the over populated seal population were eating all of the Cod. (Or should I say they were cutting in on the human % of wiping out the cod.)

[AA grumpy]

so does canada go ahead with the seal cull to protect fish stocks ?
if they must be culled then there must be a more humane way of killing these mammals rather than clubbing which i personally think barbaric.
if it must be done a bullet to the head then
one clean shot to the head?
what do you think?.
i didnt know there was a reason for the cull i stand corrected.
AAG

[abbey]

Originally Posted by spot

I doubt it. I'm baffled at what annoys people. Given a choice between either permanently saving a breeding population of something at the top of the food chain or a million of the current humans on the planet I'd go for animal conservation every time, but criticizing a seal cull is just plain backward.

Call me backward then.
The idea of clubbing seal cubs to death abhors me.

[spot]

How would you prefer them to die, Abbey? Nature's alternative is mass starvation ofter they do a lot of environmental damage. The point of the cull is to reduce suffering, not to impose it. By all means offer an alternative here.

[abbey]

Originally Posted by spot

How would you prefer them to die, Abbey? Nature's alternative is mass starvation ofter they do a lot of environmental damage. The point of the cull is to reduce suffering, not to impose it. By all means offer an alternative here.

Clean shot to the head opposed to them having their brains beat in maybe.