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Sad news

A friend'’s baby has just passed away only 11 weeks old. I can'’t begin to imagine what the family is going through. How do you help in situation like this?

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

How evil are you?

You Are 82% Evil

You're the most evil person you know. The devil is even a little scared of you!

How Evil Are You?

Seal pic

This is my last post on the Seal Hunt and the McCartney’s
Want to see what a seal really looks like check out Table Mountains.

SEAL HUNT MYTHS AND REALITIES

From Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

Myth #1: The Canadian government allows sealers to kill whitecoat seals.

Reality: The image of the whitecoat harp seal is used prominently by seal hunt opponents. This image gives the false impression that vulnerable seal pups are targeted by sealers during the commercial hunt.
The hunting of harp seal pups (whitecoats) and hooded seal pups (bluebacks) is illegal – and has been since 1987

Myth #2: Seals are being skinned alive.

Reality: A 2002 independent veterinarians’ report published in the Canadian Veterinary Journal and numerous reports mentioned by the Malouf Commission (1987) indicate that this is not true.

Myth #3: The club – or hakapik – is a barbaric and inhumane tool that has no place in today’s world.

Reality: Hunting methods were studied by the Royal Commission on Seals and Sealing in Canada and it found that the clubbing of seals, when properly performed, is at least as humane as, and often more humane than, the killing methods used in commercial slaughterhouses, which are accepted by the majority of the public.

Myth #4: The Canadian government is allowing sealers to kill thousands of seals to help with the recovery of cod stocks.

Reality: Several factors have contributed to the lack of recovery of Atlantic cod stocks, such as fishing effort, poor growth and physical condition of the fish, and environmental changes.

Myth #5: The hunt is unsustainable and is endangering the harp seal population.

Reality: Since the 1960’s, environmental groups have been saying the seal hunt is unsustainable. In fact, the harp seal population is healthy and abundant. According to a 2004 survey, the Northwest Atlantic harp seal population is now estimated at approximately 5.8 million animals, nearly triple what it was in the 1970s.

Myth #6: The seal hunt provides such low economic return for sealers that it is not an economically viable industry.

Reality: The 2005 seal hunt was one of the most profitable in memory. Given favourable market conditions in 2005, the landed value of the harp seal hunt exceeded $16.5 million.

Myth #7: Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) provides subsidies for the seal hunt.

Reality: DFO does not subsidize the seal hunt. Sealing is an economically viable industry. All subsidies ceased in 2001. Even before that time, any subsidies provided were for market and product development, including a meat subsidy, to encourage full use of the seal. In fact, government has provided much less subsidization to the sealing industry than recommended by the Royal Commission on Seals and Sealing.

Myth #8: The seal hunt is loosely monitored and DFO doesn’t punish illegal hunting activity or practices.

Reality: The seal hunt is closely monitored and tightly regulated. Fishery Officers conduct surveillance of the hunt by means of aerial patrols, surface (vessel) patrols, dockside inspections of vessels at landing sites and inspections at buying and processing facilities.

Myth #9: The majority of Canadians are opposed to the seal hunt.

Reality: Animal rights groups currently campaigning against the seal hunt cite a 2004 Ipsos‑Reid poll stating that the majority of Canadians are opposed to the hunt. In fact, Canadians support federal policies regarding the seal hunt. An Ipsos-Reid survey conducted in February 2005 concluded that 60% of Canadians are in favour of a responsible hunt.

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SEAL POPULATIONS
Harp Seals: (AKA white coats)
There are three populations of this abundant species, of which the Northwest Atlantic stock off Canada is the largest. The Northwest harp seal population is healthy and abundant, and since 1970, has nearly tripled in size to 5.2 million based on the latest peer-reviewed survey in 1999. A new population survey will be completed in 2005.

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The department encourages the fullest possible commercial use of seals with the emphasis on leather, oil, handicrafts, and in recent years, meat for human and animal consumption as well as seal oil capsules rich in Omega-3.

Seals have been harvested for food, fuel, shelter and other products for hundreds of years. The subsistence hunt is a valuable link to Canadian cultural heritage.

Canadian Aboriginals and Inuit have constitutionally protected rights to hunt seals for food, social and ceremonial purposes, subject to conservation requirements.

The personal use/subsistence hunt is not exclusive to Aboriginal and Inuit. Many Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal individuals from Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories and Atlantic Canada also harvest seals for their personal use.

Seal Hunt

All I am going to say about this is I support Danny Williams and it is obvious that the McCartney's grossly misinformed.
I could say a lot more but I am to angry.

I found the cartoon at The Mind Boggles.

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More snow

It’s snowing again another 30cm coming today. My dilemma now is do I buy a new snowmobile or not? It would be lots of fun but the money could be put to good use for other things.
To splurge or not to splurge that is the question.