Canada's shame

Based on my profile I am sure it will come as no surprise that I am opposed to Canada's seal hunt. In fact, I have been fighting against it, and other animal abuses, since the late 1970's. It is so sad that over 30 years later we have not progressed as a nation. In fact, under the present government we have regressed considerably. And, of course, not just on animal issues. A friend of mine follows politics closely and can list off a great number of serious transgressions!

This friend has also been out to the ice floes of the Magdalen Islands and has witnessed the seal nursery up close. She describes the scene as other-worldly. She remembers a deep blue backdrop of sky with white ice stretching for miles, dotted with the beautiful adult harp seals in their striking black and white coats with their tiny babies. The only sounds were the faint mews of the young seals and the sloshing of ice and water. This is the sealers' killing ground and I will state emphatically and until my last breath that what happens out there every spring is an atrocity. To say anything else is to have no soul.

Should you feel so moved, there is a website giving information and the opportunity to tell the Canadian government your views:

http://www.harpseals.org/

Warning: if you scroll down further you will see photographic evidence of the killing.

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