HSUS has called for a boycott of Canadian seafood by resteraunts and stores across North America. This is not a real boycott it is an orchestrated PR campaign, which is what their donations pay for. That and celebrity visits to the ice and their sign on to their campaign. So far the so called boycott of Canadian Sea Food has not been more than a clever paper campaign. It looks good on paper and in press releases but in reality it is a smoke screen to cover for HSUS using the seal hunt to raise money for administration and salaries.
Boycott a sham
Humane Society of the United States' Canadian seafood boycott is a sham.
Not to be out done is Captain Paul Watson of Sea Sheperd Society, again a society in name only for this tax avoidance corporation whose sole purpose is to keep the good Captain in funds for his sea faring operations. His board members are names for the purpose of keeping a high profile in the green movement. They can and are replaced on a whim if required, as was done last year when one of his more controversial board members was found to have advocated the murder and assisination of medical researchers who used animals in their experiments.
Sea Sheperd of course made news again this year, with the Bardot and McCartney visits to Canada. In the case of Bardot they used the same old cute furry white coat image and her thirty year old movie about the seal hunt. As if nothing had changed. They too have called for a boycott of Costco if it didn't drop seal oil capsules from its stock. Prematurely calling a victory Sea Sheperd is now outraged when Costco under pressure from its consumers in Newfoundland, retracted its offer to Sea Sheperd.
Sea Shepherd readies Costco boycott
Again its not as if thousands of shoppers across North America will bother with boycotting Costco. What the money Sea Sheperd raises will be used to promote slick ad campaigns, and a media campaign, complete with celebrity endorsements calling for a boycott of Costco. Its impact on Costco or the Seal Hunt will be minimal. Its economic benefit will be strictly used to line the pockets of Captain Watson.
Stopping the Seal Hunt NOT
The International Fund for Animal Welfare, IFAW, has launched its annual seal hunt fund raiser in cyberspace, inundating Yahoo and other search engines with its Stop the Hunt ads. As if it could. The hunt will not be stopped by protests, as the past thirty years have proven.
The Government has no intention of stopping the hunt as Newfoundland fishers have had to rely on it more and more ,as they have lobster and shell fish, as a replacement for cod/turbo and other fishing which is on the decline. So the calls for donations by the IFAW to stop the hunt are disingeuous at best and a deceitful con otherwise.
And when the seal hunt ends, these same groups will now move on to attacking fishers for lobster fishing, as their agenda is to end all forms of animal consumption. They have no concern for humans or animals they are only concerned with promoting their dietary morality. Paid for with donations to their psuedo seal hunt protests.
In the end it is the economy of Newfoundland that is being affected directly and indirectly by these protests. Far more than it is by the hunt itself, which would be abandoned if large scale industrial trawler processing plants overfishing was halted off the Grand Banks. That is the real issue and one worth protesting.
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Actually, the fact that you are in such deep denial about the level of you barbarism, you play right into the hands of those working tirelessly to stop this disgusting practice. Why don't you talk about the reality of the $16M buyout from Cathy Kangas that you snubbed?
You got the guts you groups ? Put the list of your celebs out there, and then lets start our own defend the seal hunt campaign and we'll start with organizing a world wide boycott of the rich celeb as%^*90 . Lets start with a list of them , then we can organize a boycott of their records and movies etc.
Lets cut in to the millions they earn every year and defend some Canadians that are just trying to make an honest working income to by a few grocerys for their family.
Paul McCartney net worth is estimated at 750 million. Here's some of the stuff he is invested in. McCartney has proved to be as shrewd a businessman as he is a talented songwriter. McCartney has profited massively from investments in music publishing, controlling the copyrights to such Broadway hits as Grease and Hello Dolly!, as well as the catalog of the songs of Buddy Holly and standards like "Autumn Leaves."
I think animal rights activists deny that we are all human, and this is a part of being human.
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Second before you post an article that the boycott is not working look at what your own people are saying. Also read the media where restaurants are standing up and talking out.<br />
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While your at it why not post the lies you tell when promoting Omega 3 as the healthiest omega on the market.<br />
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Specification of Seal Oil<br />
Technical Data Sheet<br />
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1. Ingredients 100% Natural Seal Oil with 0.3% D-Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate added as anti-oxidant 2. Physical Appearance: A clear, yellowish, oily liquid with pleasant fishy flavour and aroma, The Gardener Colour standard is 2 – 4. 3. Microbiological Specification: Total Aerobic Count: <10 cfu/g, Yeast & Mold: <100/g,E. Coli: Negative, Salmonella spp: Negative 4. Packaging Specifications: 200 kgs packaged in food grade plastic drum. Normal refrigeration is required. 5. Shelf Life: 3 to 5 years in refrigerated conditions 6. Kosher Status: Non-kosher 7. Manufacture: Product is prepared involving process of cold pressing, centrifuging and mechanical filtering, No chemical solvent is involved. The entire Manufacturing process is under strict sanitary Conditions, in accordance with Canadian Food & Drug Regulations and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standards. 8. PCB & Heavy Metals: PCB’s: 0.220 ppm Total DDT: <1.0 ppm, (DDT + DDE + DDD), Heavy Metals: <2.0 ppm, Mercury: <0.02 ppm 9. Major Fatty Acid Profile:<br />
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This was placed on the Dr. Ho website after it was disclosed by another party. Environmental poisons, arsenics and mercury. You are now stating little does no harm. However it mostly effects fetuses, young children (and you do market kid formulas with the same negative values) and elderly. Aboriginal communities are seeing a decrease in male births verses female and higher miscarriage rates. No other country would market this oil. Maybe China and those in the same moral category.<br />
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Also take a close look at the 2002 co author to the veternarian reports opinion. The one you send in emails.Also take a close look at the findings of the 2005. In the report that you claim calls the hunt humane.<br />
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I have personally spoken several times with Dr. Alice Crook, co-author of the 2002 report on the seal slaughter (Canadian Veterinary Association - CVA -Special Report vol. 43, 2002), the one that states 98% of the seals are killed in a humane manner (as per dastafak's commentary). Dr. Crook stated she knows full well how the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) in Canada have used her 2002 report as a blatant piece of propaganda. During an earlier phone conversation in 2003 she told me she was not happy that the DFO were using this report, she also stated that in no way does this report endorse the hunt (read: slaughter). Dr. Crook went on to say she is aware that the vast majority of sealers are not following the reports recommended procedures (blink test and cranium palpation) to ensure the seal is actually dead before it is skinned (proving the slaughter is not humane). She also said that the sealers have resisted the recommendations the CVA presented them with and are going about things as business as usual. In short the lunatics are running the asylum. <br />
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I spoke with Dr. Crook again in early September of 2005, she informed me that the CVA's 2002 special report vol. 43 has been updated with a new report that is the result of a new collaboration of veterinarians calling themselves the Independent Veterinary Work Group (IVWG - August, 2005 <a href="http://www.ivwg.org">www.ivwg.org</a>). Dr. Crook went on to say that one of the main reasons for the new IVWG report was because the sealers have not been following the recommendations presented to them in 2002 and because the slaughter is not being regulated, monitored and enforced in an acceptable manner. <br />
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Well things have changed and even these pro DFO veterinarians can no longer turn a blind eye to what is a reality. Here are but a few of the highlights from this report: <br />
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1.) "Because of its remoteness and difficult environmental conditions it (the slaughter) is generally considered not to be well observed or monitored" <br />
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Comment: The DFO claims the slaughter is humane yet without effective monitoring there is no way to prove this is so. In fact left to their own devices sealers (who believe seals are nothing more than a species of fish as noted in the IVWG report) will act with haste to ensure the maximum number of seals killed regardless of whether or not they are doing so in a humane manner. <br />
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2.) "The Group (IVWG) further notes that there many be an element of conflict of interest in the DFO being both an advocate for the seal hunt and its regulator." <br />
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Comment: The DFO is the same organization that back in the 80's mismanaged the slaughter and attempted to cover up their incompetence. Later on even they admitted the slaughter was inherently cruel. In allowing the DFO to be in charge of the slaughter just as before is to invite disaster, this organization simply cannot be trusted, the comment above proves this and for as long as they remain in charge the seal slaughter will remain as it is, cruel beyond comprehension. <br />
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3.) Sealers do not understand the corneal reflex or blink test and are not utilizing it. <br />
4.) Sealers are not manually palpitating the seal's skull following a hakapik blow to <br />
ensure the animal is dead. <br />
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Comment: The sealers have no wish to follow the recommendation of any outside organization. In fact historically they have reacted violently to any advice offered. In the report it state the "Sealers have asked for the groups help to make the hunt as humane as possible" this was most certainly pressed on them by the DFO due in part to the rising resistance to the slaughter. In fact I believe the DFO orchestrated this report only for the result to backfire on them (they most probably thought they could control the IVWG) Please do not forget that 3 years have past without any of the recommendations presented by the (pro DFO) Canadian Veterinary Organization being adopted. The IVWG report of 2005 is proof positive of this. <br />
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5.) "The season is too short resulting in increased competitiveness and reduced caution <br />
and adherence to procedures." <br />
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Comment: Sealers are paid for seals killed not for being humane. Add a complete lack of monitoring on the part of the DFO and again you have a recipe for disaster. <br />
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6.) "International Fund for Animal Welfare videos also show numerous examples of <br />
striking with a hakapik (i.e. seals being clubbed) that are not followed by <br />
checking either by palpation of the skull or observation of absence of corneal <br />
reflex." <br />
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Comment: "Numerous examples" equates to numerous seals being skinned alive. <br />
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7.) "No Seals should be shot in the water." <br />
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Comment: Many Seals are shot in the water (the reason why this comment was made by the IVWG) only to slip under the ice. Many of these seals will die a slow agonizing death; furthermore they will not be counted as part of the final quota. <br />
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8.) "The Canadian Harp Seal has the potential to be a humane hunt." <br />
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Comment: This statement was made simply because the IVWG is a pro DFO organization with 2 of its main authors directly benefiting from an ongoing association with the DFO, they had to make this comment or else... Make no mistake though, after decades of evidence of abhorrent cruelty this slaughter can never be humane. Furthermore the burning question is if the hunt has the potential to be humane just what has it been for all these the years past? <br />
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In all there are 27 pages worth of issues being raised that paint a very poor picture in regards to how the DFO regulates and monitors this slaughter. If you read between the lines there is also a considerable amount of evidence both direct and indirect that supports the fact that this slaughter is not humane. <br />
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Throughout this report the reader is left with one burning question; if this slaughter is so well regulated and humane why then are there so many recommendations being made by the very veterinarians the DFO claims endorses the slaughter in its current form? <br />
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In closing dastafak has proven the adage "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing" correct yet again and is more than 3 years behind the times. <br />
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For anyone who is interested in knowing the REAL truth I have attached the new 2005 Independent Veterinary Work Group report to this email (PDF file). Please keep in mind the new 2005 report would not exist if the seal slaughter were humane. <br />
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As for footage of seals being skinned alive. There is enough video material to cover the Great Pyramids and then some, the only problem is it is so graphic and horrible to watch the media will not play it. And anyone that decides they wish to see it for themselves, be prepared for the worse. <br />
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Steve Thompson <br />
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And before you attack the slaughter houses, do remember cameras are taken in on a regular bases if they find problems, they are then fined and changes are immediately made, if not they will then be shut done. Year after year these have not beejn the practises of Seal hunt policy.<br />
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They are not allowed to export beef or chicken to any other country with negative values as these in omega 3 and malachite green fish from Canada, except within Canada, again maybe China and the other moral high standing countries.<br />
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Since the ban in the 1980's Canadian politicians and businessmen have spent time and tax payers money trying to market products from seal to China...etc..They have sighned a deal with China for use of omega 3 in hospitals, it is a small market but will take at least 4 years of animal testing to market there. They also tried to market seal penis for aphrodesiac purposes. Powder for tea to treat impotence, in an already overpopulated, aids ridden region????????<br />
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Also these poor regions the regions of the hunt, one in particular had a huge surplus while other "wealthy" regions had a defecit.
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Expect little from life and get more from it.
No the basis of this was to give Canadians outside of the hunt a chance to see both sides.
Again you are wrong it does not take joining the ARA's to stand up for what is wrong here. For the first time since the 80's we are actually seeing Canadians in vass numbers stepping out and making a stand. (read media reports and other articles and letters)
It was also to explain that the Canadians that will not do anything are the sealers (a majority), DFO and the politicians. Not Canadian citizens as a whole. Because for the first time in 4 years we are seeing a good outcry for change. A majority of Canadians are seeing the truth.
And last but not least many Canadians are seeing the negative results of this slaughter, through lack of tourism and other means. Again I ask you to read the media and articles, along with letters from Canadians affected negatively by the facts surrounding this hunt.
Correction: to stand up against what is wrong here.
My apologies.
Go Steve!
So, unlike the USHS, did those restaurants actually serve the products they are boycotting? It's pretty easy for a vegan restaraunt to boycott meat.
"Actually, the fact that you are in such deep denial about the level of you barbarism"
My level of barbarism? If you read the information, there are something like 25,000 fishermen in NL. There are 36 million Canadians. Odds are, no one here is a NL fisherman who hunts seals.
"Why don't you talk about the reality of the $16M buyout from Cathy Kangas that you snubbed?"
I snubbed? I wouldn't turn down $16M from anyone. They snubbed? I'm waiting for all the articles on how we are callously letting the seals starve, because the Portugese overfish our Cod.
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"I think it's important to always carry enough technology to restart civilization, should it be necessary." Mark Tilden
Here is why - in the last two months I have had many conversations with people who are against the hunt, yet when pressed are almost always meat eaters. What's with that? Seems a little hypocritical doesn't it?
Mankind has been killing, eating and otherwise using animals since probably before we learned to walk upright. Mankind still kills and eats millions of animals each and every day. Why the uproar over seals but not for chickens or pigs?
Ever been to a slaughterhouse? I have, and it's a gruesome scene to say the least, but put into the larger historical context, completely understandable. Humans ARE animals. Are teeth and digestive tract and organs are designed to eat meat. That is how we evolved; it's in our very genes.
So are seals killed humanely? I believe so, and scientific evidence backs that up.
Just so you know, I am a weekend meat-eater only.
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If there was ever a time for Canadians to become pushy - now is the time - for time is running out on this nation called Canada.
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If you have time please read the 2005 Canadian IVWG report above in my very first comment.<br />
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Also go to..........<a href="http://www.boycott-canada.com/news/geneva.htm">www.boycott-canada.com/news/geneva.htm</a> <br />
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It is not to get people for the boycott<br />
Read this for the International Geneva court findings and view the evidence.<br />