70,000 Canadian Seals Slaughtered in '09--Down from 300,000+

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The last line of the article says it all. Once a serial killer, always a serial killer. Psychopaths don't kill for profit--profit is only the EXCUSE for doing what they love.At $12 per seal NONE should have died this year. This is why the Canadian commercial seal slaughter must be OFFICIALLY OUTLAWED, so it can never "come back"! http://news./s/ap/20090618/ap_on_re_ca/cn_canada_seal_huntCanadian seal hunt experiences drop in catches

 

 

 

 

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ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland – The global recession,

plummeting pelt prices and the prospect of a European ban on seal

products dramatically lowered the number of seals killed in this year's

hunt, Canadian officials said Thursday.

About 70,000 harp seals were hunted this year out of a commercial quota of 273,000 animals, said Fisheries and Oceans Canada spokesman Scott Cantin. The seven-month long hunt ended earlier this week.

The

tally marks a significant drop from last year's hunt, in which 217,857

harp seals were hunted out of a commercial quota of 275,000.

Frank

Pinhorn of the Canadian Sealers Association said many hunters decided

not to take part this year because pelt prices have fallen to 14

Canadian dollars ($12) from a high of over CA$100 ($88) per pelt

several years ago.

"Anything under CA$35 ($31) would be low and they won't participate because they won't recover their costs," he said.

The

industry is also carrying about 60,000 pelts from the previous year in

a market that is drying up due to the recession, the depressed value of

the Russian ruble and growing international distaste for seal products.

Sealers

are also grappling with the near certainty that the European Union will

ban importing seal products, which could take effect in October.

Animal

rights activists, Inuit seal hunters, fur traders and authorities from

Canada and Greenland lobbied hard ahead of the vote. Activists call the

hunt barbaric, while proponents say it provides crucial jobs and food

for villagers in isolated northern communities.

Canada's

East Coast seal hunt is the largest in the world, killing an average of

300,000 harp seals annually, before this year's drop.

The

EU bill targeted the Canadian hunt because of the size of the annual

slaughter and the way seals are killed — either clubbed or shot with

rifles. In the past, they have also been killed with spiked clubs, or

hakapiks.

Pinhorn said he believed the drop is

only temporary because people in the industry are hoping to expand the

market by using seal products for different purposes, such as seal

heart valves for medical procedures or omega-3 products made from seal

oil.

"Have we given up on the seal industry? Not a chance," he said. "The seal industry will come back."

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very well put. Agree 100%.

 

 

 

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The last line of the article says it all. Once a serial killer, always a serial killer. Psychopaths don't kill for profit--profit is only the EXCUSE for doing what they love.At $12 per seal NONE should have died this year. This is why the Canadian commercial seal slaughter must be OFFICIALLY OUTLAWED, so it can never "come back"! http://news. / s/ap/20090618/ ap_on_re_ ca/cn_canada_ seal_hunt

Canadian seal hunt experiences drop in catches

 

1 hr 51 mins ago

 

ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland – The global recession, plummeting pelt prices and the prospect of a European ban on seal products dramatically lowered the number of seals killed in this year's hunt, Canadian officials said Thursday.

About 70,000 harp seals were hunted this year out of a commercial quota of 273,000 animals, said Fisheries and Oceans Canada spokesman Scott Cantin. The seven-month long hunt ended earlier this week.

The tally marks a significant drop from last year's hunt, in which 217,857 harp seals were hunted out of a commercial quota of 275,000.

Frank Pinhorn of the Canadian Sealers Association said many hunters decided not to take part this year because pelt prices have fallen to 14 Canadian dollars ($12) from a high of over CA$100 ($88) per pelt several years ago.

"Anything under CA$35 ($31) would be low and they won't participate because they won't recover their costs," he said.

The industry is also carrying about 60,000 pelts from the previous year in a market that is drying up due to the recession, the depressed value of the Russian ruble and growing international distaste for seal products.

Sealers are also grappling with the near certainty that the European Union will ban importing seal products, which could take effect in October.

Animal rights activists, Inuit seal hunters, fur traders and authorities from Canada and Greenland lobbied hard ahead of the vote. Activists call the hunt barbaric, while proponents say it provides crucial jobs and food for villagers in isolated northern communities.

Canada's East Coast seal hunt is the largest in the world, killing an average of 300,000 harp seals annually, before this year's drop.

The EU bill targeted the Canadian hunt because of the size of the annual slaughter and the way seals are killed — either clubbed or shot with rifles. In the past, they have also been killed with spiked clubs, or hakapiks.

Pinhorn said he believed the drop is only temporary because people in the industry are hoping to expand the market by using seal products for different purposes, such as seal heart valves for medical procedures or omega-3 products made from seal oil.

"Have we given up on the seal industry? Not a chance," he said. "The seal industry will come back."

 

~END~THE GOVERNMENT’S COVERT, BUT TRUE, DEFINITION OF TERRORISM:ANY act which threatens to take political or corporate power/profits from the status quo.~Brennan Browne~The concept of 'animal rights' values the simple premise that ALL living creatures have a "right" to be allowed to live their lives without victimization- -free from brutality. It is a right that EVERY being strives for. ~Brennan Browne~Animal Rights--Rational, not Radical. Man IS superior to every other being...in his ability to excuse away those parts of himself too vile for self-examination. ~Brennan Browne~