Japanese whaling on 60 minutes this Sunday and seagulls

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Hi,

Whaling

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60 Minutes has a feature on the Japanese whaling industry on Sunday

night-(Australia)

I hope every one watches this. It looks like they are asking all the hard

questions.

Seagulls

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Here is my letter of response to the local paper ( I got verbally attacked

by a shooter

through the letters column because I protested about the local council

shooting seagulls at the landfill site). I'll let you know if it is

published.

 

To:The Editor,

Canning Community

letters

 

 

Dear Editor,

 

D. Bright (letters 24th July) criticised my letter about the shooting of

seagulls

at Ranford Road Rubbish Tip. My assertions about the need to consider the

pain and

suffering of seagulls are not ill-defined or inadequately-justified. Many

people feel animals should be treated with compassion and organisations

exist to help animals

such as Animal Liberation and the RSPCA.

 

All living creatures including gulls deserve compassion when conflicts arise

between

human and non-human species. D.Bright’s comments that I should justify my

lifestyle choices to prove I am committed to my convictions of non-cruelty

are strange. I am a committed vegetarian and I choose cruelty free cosmetics

and products as part of my lifestyle. However, organisations such as the

RSPCA have many members who eat meat and use animal products yet they also

oppose cruelty in our society.

 

Society’s consideration of animals is varied and changing and I hope Canning

Council will take a more humane approach to problems concerning birds in the

future. Canning Council has shown they can change policies according to the

wishes of the community. I’m sure the Council " extensively researched " their

past actions in shooting dogs at the pound until they reconsidered this

approach and changed to the method of lethal injection.

 

Shooting seagulls at Ranford Road Rubbish Tip seemed pointless since the tip

is due to close soon. After this time, most rubbish will be sent to the new

state of the art " Regional Resource Recovery Centre " . This Centre should not

attract birds as does the open land fill site at Ranford Road.

 

 

Kind regards,

 

Marguerite Wegner