Boycott Canadian Seafood
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hunt is the largest slaughter of marine mammals in the world killing
over 1,000,000,000 seal pups for their fur over the past four years.
Despite worldwide pressure to stop this atrocity the Canadian
government continues on.
Canada has gone to great lengths (even passing laws that make it
illegal to watch) to block the world from seeing what they are doing
but their efforts have failed. The disturbing video can be viewed at
http://www.hsus.org/index-seals.html (WARNING:CONTAINS GRAPHIC
FOOTAGE)
From the Humane Society of United States website:
"To date, over 3,200 restaurants and grocery stores have joined the
Protect Seals campaign. Some of the national corporations that have
joined the ProtectSeals campaign include Whole Foods Markets, Ted's
Montana Grill, Legal Sea Foods, Publix Supermarkets, Trader Joe's,
Oceanaire Seafood Room, Earth Fare, WinCo Foods and Jimmy Buffett's
Margaritaville Cafes.
They are making clear to Canada's fishing industry that there are
certain practices that are simply inconsistent with responsible,
humane marine stewardship and that the commercial seal hunt is one of
them. Until Canada's fishing industry rises to a higher level of
compassionate marine stewardship by giving up its support for and
engagement in the commercial seal hunt, thousands of socially
conscious companies are electing to shift their seafood purchasing
away from it. To join them, click here for the ProtectSeals pledge
form.
It is the connection between commercial fisheries and the seal hunt,
and the economics of both industries, which makes a boycott of
Canadian seafood products a logical next step in ending the annual
hunt. And it is American consumers and businesses that purchase
Canadian seafood who have the power to convince the Canadian
government and individual fishermen to stop the slaughter of seals.
Commercial seal hunting is an off-season activity conducted over just
a few days by a few thousand fishermen from Canada's east coast. On
average, the fishermen who participate in the commercial seal hunt
earn a tiny fraction of their annual incomes from sealing. Out of a
population of more than 30 million people, less than 5,000 Canadians
participate in the commercial seal hunt each year.
Sealing accounts for a tiny fraction of the value of Canada's fishery.
Even in Newfoundland, where 90% of sealers live, the economic
contribution of the seal hunt is marginal at best. Ninety-eight
percent of the landed value of Newfoundland's fishery comes from fish,
while less than 3 percent comes from seals.
The bulk of Canadian seafood--roughly two thirds of it--is exported to
the United States, generating more than $2.5 billion (CAD) annually
for the Canadian economy. This amount dwarfs the small economic
contribution made by the seal hunt. The landed value of the 2007 seal
hunt is estimated to be in the $12 million (CDN) range.
The Importance of Snow Crabs
Since nine out of ten sealers reside in Newfoundland, it makes sense
to target the fishermen in that region. One way to get them to listen
to the international outrage over the seal hunt is to hit them in the
pocketbook, and that means snow crabs. Prior to the launch of the
ProtectSeals boycott, snow crabs were the most important source of
income for Newfoundland's fishing communities.
The vast majority of Canadian snow crabs come from Newfoundland and
other sealing provinces. By eliminating just this one product from
their menus, American grocery stores and restaurants are sending a
direct message to the very industry and individuals responsible for
the seal hunt. Other grocery stores and restaurants are boycotting all
seafood from sealing provinces, and still others are boycotting all
seafood from Canada. We welcome all of their help.
Sign the Pledge
The Canadian government, Canada's fishing industry, and individual
sealers face an important economic decision. Until Canada's commercial
seal hunt is ended for good, the ProtectSeals network will continue
its boycott of Canadian seafood products.
If you own or run a restaurant or grocery store that sells Canadian
seafood, your choice not to sell Canadian seafood products, such as
snow crabs, can play a vital role in helping us end the seal hunt. By
signing our pledge form, you will help us demonstrate to the Canadian
fishing community that continuing the seal hunt puts at risk the most
lucrative parts of its industry. Click here to sign the pledge to
boycott Canadian seafood.
Fast Facts about Canada's Seal Hunt
It's a cruel slaughter.
* Fully 95% of the harp seals killed over the past five years have
been under three months of age. At the time of slaughter, many of
these defenseless pups had not yet eaten their first solid food or
taken their first swim--they literally had no escape from the
"hunters."
*
* Video evidence clearly shows sealers routinely dragging
conscious pups across the ice with boathooks, shooting seals and
leaving them to suffer in agony, and even skinning seals alive.
*
* In 2001, an independent team of veterinary experts studied
Canada's commercial seal hunt. Their report concluded that in 42% of
the cases they examined, the seal did not show enough evidence of
cranial injury to even guarantee unconsciousness at the time of
skinning.
It's a reckless cull.
* Over the past three years, nearly a million seal pups have been
slaughtered for their fur.
*
* The last time sealers killed this many seals--in the 1950s and
'60s--the harp seal population was quickly reduced by as much as two
thirds.
* Global warming is compounding the situation. In 2007, the
Government of Canada continued with the seal hunt despite estimates by
Canadian government scientists that as many as 90 percent of the seal
pups in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence died because of poor ice
conditions.
* Scientists around the world have condemned the Canadian
government's management plan for harp seals as reckless,
unsustainable, and irresponsible.
The seal hunt brings in very little money.
* Even in Newfoundland, where 90% of sealers live, income from
sealing accounts for less than one-tenth of 1% of the province's
economy.
* Sealers are fishermen who engage in several fisheries throughout
the year, and sealing revenues account for only about one twentieth of
their total incomes.
Killing seals may harm fish stocks.
* About 3% of a harp seal's diet consists of commercially fished
cod. However, harp seals also consume many significant predators of
cod, including squid. Removing harp seals may mean an increase in cod
predators.
* The Canadian government clearly states there is no evidence that
killing harp seals will help fish stocks recover, and scientists have
expressed concerns that culling seals may in fact impede the recovery
of ground fish stocks.
If you oppose the seal hunt, you're in good company.
*
Polling shows 79% of American voters oppose the Canadian seal
hunt. This opposition cuts across all regions of the county and all
political parties. (Penn, Schoen & Berland, 2002).
* In 2007, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a
resolution calling on Canada to bring its commercial seal hunt to an
end.
* Nearly 70 percent of Canadians holding an opinion are opposed to
the commercial seal hunt outright, and even higher numbers oppose
specific aspects of the hunt such as the killing of seal pups. Only
4% said that they would be very upset if the hunt ended. (Environics
Research, 2005)
* Close to 80 percent of the people who are aware of the Canadian
seal hunt in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany and France
oppose it as well. (Penn, Schoen & Berland, 2002 and MORI, 2002.)"
More information at http://www.hsus.org/marine_mammals/protect_seals/the_protect_seals_network.html
Igor
>Canada's annual slaughter of baby seals has begun. The Canadian seal
>hunt is the largest slaughter of marine mammals in the world killing
>over 1,000,000,000 seal pups for their fur over the past four years.
>Despite worldwide pressure to stop this atrocity the Canadian
>government continues on.
>
<snip>
It'd be nice to get some perspectives on this from some objective
marine biologists and from the seal hunters themselves. One can only
assume that the species isn't being overhunted if it still exists in
sufficient numbers to support an industry. What would happen to the
other wildlife in the region if the baby seals were allowed to live?
What would happen to the hunters? Would they wind up on the dole?
And what exactly is the bahavior we are supposed to regard as
unethical here? Is it the _way_ the animals are killed, or simply the
fact that they are being killed at all? If the latter, then I'm sure
the seal hunters would be willing to switch to a more humane way of
killing the animals (if the current way is indeed inhumane) in
exchange for the European embargoes to be dropped. If the former,
well, I notice there are no worldwide protests against the killing of
calfs. Is a seal's life worth more than a cow's?
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Igor
> * In 2007, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a
>resolution calling on Canada to bring its commercial seal hunt to an
>end.
Who cares? Is the U.S. House of Representatives in charge of Canada
now? Maybe the Canadian House of Commons should start telling the U.S.
what to do?
Igor
wrote:
>And what exactly is the bahavior we are supposed to regard as
>unethical here? Is it the _way_ the animals are killed, or simply the
>fact that they are being killed at all? If the latter, then I'm sure
>the seal hunters would be willing to switch to a more humane way of
>killing the animals (if the current way is indeed inhumane) in
>exchange for the European embargoes to be dropped. If the former,
>well, I notice there are no worldwide protests against the killing of
>calfs. Is a seal's life worth more than a cow's?
Oops... former, latter... screwed that up.
cuh...@webtv.net
cuhulin
RHF
IGOR - Which part of Bashing in a Baby Anythings Head-In
with a Club just to get it's Baby White Fur :
Do You Not Understand ? ~ RHF
.
Cato
>
> - Show quoted text -
Oh go to hell with your criticism. What do you REALLY know about the
seal hunt and the way of life of the people there? Fuck all!!!.
First... mailpanda originates in Asia or Australia.... my guess is
Australia.... like they have any business criticising Canadian east
coast sealers who have been hunting this way for generations.
Why don't we go after Australians who raise cattle and sheep for
slaughter. The poor defenceless animals.
We can also attack those that kill poor defenceless chickens for
KFC.
Go to hell asshole!!!!!! Mind your own damn business!!!
Cato
> Canada's annual slaughter of baby seals has begun. The Canadian seal
> hunt is the largest slaughter of marine mammals in the world killing
> over 1,000,000,000 seal pups for their fur over the past four years.
> Despite worldwide pressure to stop this atrocity the Canadian
> government continues on.
>
REPLY:
Tell me jerk... when was the last time you
campaigned against Iran for executing teenage girls for the crime of
being raped by criminals???
Huh??? You weren't
aware that goes on???
Ignorant jerk.
RHF
>
> - Show quoted text -
Cato - Which part of Bashing in a Baby Anythings
Heads-In with a Club just to get it's Baby White Fur :
Do You Not Understand ? ~ RHF
.
=PS= The "KFC" killed Poor Defenceless Chickens are
Used as Real FOOD : So that People {Human Beings}
can have something to Eat. - There Is A Real Difference !
.
Just Say NO to Animals for Fur Only :
Say Yes To Animals for Food !
.
RHF
- Do You Not Understand ? ~ RHF
- .
- =PS= The "KFC" killed Poor Defenceless Chickens are
- Used as Real FOOD : So that People {Human Beings}
- can have something to Eat. - There Is A Real Difference !
- .
- Just Say NO to Animals for Fur Only :
- Say Yes To Animals for Food !
- .
There Is A Reason Why The Illegal Alien Mexican Invaders
Don't Go To Canada : They Have Heard About and Seen
How the Canadians Treat Baby Seals .
The Mexican Government in order to Protect It's Citizens
has put out the Message : ¡ Estancia Fuera de Canadá !
[ Matan a Los Inocentes ]
.
Cato
Oh... and the poor little Bambi deer that people shoot... go to hell
asshole..... we have been fishing and hunting in Canada for
generations and we aren't going to change to make you feel better, you
jerk. A lot of us Canadians have been brought up in families with the
fishing rod and the .22 rifle and the Lee Enfield .303 rifle. Although
the government has been trying to take our guns from us. Not easy...
they have a long ways to go yet.
You feel you have the right to tell us how to
live.???????
Maybe I don't like the way you live asshole......
maybe I should tell you how to live. How would you like that you
goddamn little dictator????
Until you go and live with the hunters and fishermen and learn
their ways, and understand their families, and learn their
history..... you can go to hell. Don't you dare to step on us!
cuh...@webtv.net
www.devilfinder.com Mississippi and Vietnam Catfish
www.devilfinder.com Mississippi Catfish on Parade
Mississippi is the Catfish Capital of the World.Those Catfishes from
Vietnam have Agent Orange toxins in it.
cuhulin
......................................................
Dont cry little fishy, dont cry, dont cry,,,,, Captains Courageous movie
......................................................
Cato
Oh.. by the way... during the summer planting and fall
harvest seasons... yes we have lots of Mexicans and people from
Caribbean countries up in Canada working the fields.
And we have some Mexicans trying to sneek into Canada too. (Like on
inflatable rafts across the Niagara River.. the idiots.)
green...@kato.net
wrote:
If I may ask a question - and I do mean it on a serious note: why not
just shoot them? Oh, I mean the seals not RHF 8-}
cuh...@webtv.net
I need to buy another 33 pound bag of Pro Pac dog food for doggy,
www.propacpetfood.com) store are in the same building on I-20 Frontage
Road, there is a wall and a doorway that seperates the clinic and the
store.They have a Rooster and three or four Chickens behind the
building.The Rooster and Chickens are not pened in or anything like
that.Sometimes, I think about buying some egg laying Hens and keep them
in my back yard for fresh eggs.
cuhulin
Cato
> On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:37:03 -0700 (PDT), Cato <caton...@sympatico.ca>
>
> - Show quoted text -
The east coast sealers have their traditional way of doing things.
It's not my business to question them. It's not their business to
question me.
Cato
> On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:37:03 -0700 (PDT), Cato <caton...@sympatico.ca>
>
> - Show quoted text -
Just to hazard a guess... they have traditional spiked clubs
that they use. I imagine that some may have been passed down from
grandfather to father to son, and they are not wealthy.... cheaper
then blowing .303 ammo, or ammo for whatever rifles they have or don't
have.
Cato
> Animal Medical Health and Animal Health Products (that's where I go when
> Road, there is a wall and a doorway that seperates the clinic and the
> store.They have a Rooster and three or four Chickens behind the
> building.The Rooster and Chickens are not pened in or anything like
> that.Sometimes, I think about buying some egg laying Hens and keep them
> in my back yard for fresh eggs.
> cuhulin
hey cuhulin.... nothing I have posted is against you... I feel I
have a small understanding of you over the past year or so...
this Canuck is only pissed at people who have no respect for others
who have their own way of life and just don't want to be bothered by
outsiders.
I think you will understand.
Best regards to you and doggy... Rob
Cato
> If you are going to boycott any fishes, boycott Vietnam Catfish.www.devilfinder.com Mississippi and Vietnam Catfish
>
> www.devilfinder.com Mississippi Catfish on Parade
>
> Mississippi is the Catfish Capital of the World.Those Catfishes from
> Vietnam have Agent Orange toxins in it.
> cuhulin
> ......................................................
> Dont cry little fishy, dont cry, dont cry,,,,, Captains Courageous movie
> ......................................................
I was lucky enough to have some Mississippi catfish years ago back
in the '60's when I was down south in the U.S. Mobile, Alabama. Damn
fine eating fish... maybe someday again..... :-)
sdgreen
> Canada's annual slaughter of baby seals has begun. The Canadian seal
> hunt is the largest slaughter of marine mammals in the world killing
> over 1,000,000,000 seal pups for their fur over the past four years.
> Despite worldwide pressure to stop this atrocity the Canadian
> government continues on.
>
I take it you also hate fisherman, hunters of all types, ranching,
chicken farms and the like. Likely you despise those vegans that kill
plants. And what about those awful forestry workers that chop down trees.
RHF
>
> - Show quoted text -
Dang "Cato",
I am just "M II"ing You - Trashing Canada and Bashing
Canadians like "M II" and a few other Canadians do to
the USA and Americans here just about every-other-day.
You know you reacted to my Post : Just like many of the
Americans here do to there posts. I guess the Americans
Love There Country and You Love Canada; and That's the
Way It Should Be.
Be Proud To Be A Canadian : I Am Proud To Be An American.
God {Allah} Bless Canada and All Canadians - Amen ~ RHF
.
David Eduardo
"RHF" <rhf-new...@pacbell.net> wrote in message
news:c85134ea-d675-4948-a7c0-.
<The Mexican Government in order to Protect It's Citizens
<has put out the Message : ¡ Estancia Fuera de Canadá !
<[ Matan a Los Inocentes ]
.
Huh? "Estate out of Canada. Kill the innocents."
Meaningless.
RHF
> "RHF" <rhf-newsgro...@pacbell.net> wrote in message
>
> news:c85134ea-d675-4948-a7c0-.
>
- - The Mexican Government in order to Protect It's Citizens
- - has put out the Message : ¡ Estancia Fuera de Canadá !
- - [ Matan a Los Inocentes ]
- - .
-
- Huh? "Estate out of Canada. Kill the innocents."
-
- Meaningless.
d'Eduardo - Just Like Your Numbers. ~ RHF
.
Cato
I happen to love both Canada and the U.S. Over my lifetime I have
spent a lot of time in both countries and have relatives in both.
Canadian citizens and U.S. citizens.....
I feel at home in either country.
I would have no trouble defending either country as well. My
cousin's son is in the U.S. navy on a Los Angeles class sub. they live
in Pennsylvania.
My oldest boy is in the Canadian Army..... My father
was an officer in the Canadian Army.
I have relatives in Santa Rosa California who have served in the U.S.
military. (Only met them once.,... years ago at my grandmothers
funeral)
Mixed up family..... go ahead and say it....
dxAce
David Eduardo wrote:
A faux Hispanic such as yourself: Meaningless.
RHF
> David Eduardo wrote:
> > "RHF" <rhf-newsgro...@pacbell.net> wrote in message
> > news:c85134ea-d675-4948-a7c0-.
- - - The Mexican Government in order to Protect It's Citizens
- - - has put out the Message : ¡ Estancia Fuera de Canadá !
- - - [ Matan a Los Inocentes ]
- - - .
- - Huh? "Estate out of Canada. Kill the innocents."
- -
- - Meaningless.
- A faux Hispanic such as yourself: Meaningless.
DX Ace,
It is an 'odd' act of rejection for someone who claims to
be to inclusive and understand of the Hispanic Culture
and the USA. In this Instance the fact that another is
attempting to reach-out to Him in a Langauge that he
claims as part of his adopted 'culture' and Ethnicticity :
An He Rejects the Hand of Friendship -by Attacking
the Individual {Myself "RHF"} for lacking Language Skills.
Me-Thinks it goes along way to 'feeling' secure in his
own new Ethnicticity.
While I was taught to attempt to understand and establish
good communications with English-as-a-Second-Language
(ESL) Speakers : Who who were attempting to Speak in
English; and it was My Duty and Resposibility to Understand.
Clear d'Eduardo has made it part of his being to belittle
'others' who's Spanish Language Skills are not up to a
par with his own. He is a lessor being for it.
Alta-Vista - Babel Fish Translation :
# 1 - Stay Out of Canada ! ~ ¡ Estancia Fuera de Canadá !
# 2 - They Kill the Innocents ~ Matan a Los Inocentes
sadly poor d'eduardo we know him all too well ~ RHF
.
cuh...@webtv.net
clubbed in the head.I dont know for sure, but I think every U.S.State or
almost all of them have some Deer, lots of them.Mississippi has an
annual Deer Hunting season, po little Bambis are off limits though.
Every once in a while I see a funny Dallas Auto Painting & Collision
Body Repair commercial on tv.(Rick Dallas owns that auto painting and
body repair shop in Ridgeland,Mississippi.Ridgeland is a suburb city,
North side of Jackson in Madison County) What it is, two Deer are riding
along in a car out in the country at night time, one of the Deer is
driving the car.They see a naked man (of course he has pants on, but you
can't see that in the tv commercial) standing in the middle of the road,
stareing at the headlights.Suddenly, the naked man darts off the road
and into the bushes.The Deer that is driving the car says to the other
Deer,,,, It's almost like they want to get hit!
cuhulin
k35454
Dang "Cato",
Keep up the good work. Suggestion: Check out the
difference between "there" and "their". In Canada we pay
close attention to this. k35454.
.
RHF
> "RHF" <rhf-newsgro...@pacbell.net> wrote in message
- Dang "Cato",
-
- I am just "M II"ing You - Trashing Canada and Bashing
- Canadians like "M II" and a few other Canadians do to
- the USA and Americans here just about every-other-day.
-
- You know you reacted to my Post : Just like many of the
- Americans here do to there posts. I guess the Americans
-c- Love Their Country and You Love Canada; and That's the
- Way It Should Be.
-
- Be Proud To Be A Canadian : I Am Proud To Be An American.
-
- God {Allah} Bless Canada and All Canadians - Amen ~ RHF
-
- Keep up the good work.
- Suggestion:
- Check out the difference between "there" and "their".
- In Canada we pay close attention to this.
- k35454.
- .
K35454,
Yeah Canadians They're There in Their Canada !
http://www.better-english.com/easier/theyre.htm
all standing in 'close attention' -
yo canada 'at ease' ~ RHF
.
JC
> I am just "M II"ing You - Trashing Canada and Bashing
> Canadians like "M II" and a few other Canadians do to
> the USA and Americans here just about every-other-day.
>
> You know you reacted to my Post : Just like many of the
> Americans here do to there posts. I guess the Americans
> Love There Country and You Love Canada; and That's the
> Way It Should Be.
>
> Be Proud To Be A Canadian : I Am Proud To Be An American.
>
> God {Allah} Bless Canada and All Canadians - Amen ~ RHF
> .
I don't recall Canada attacking any countries on the other side of the
world.
RHF
Dave/David/etc is that you . . .