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Title: Canadian seal hunters
Post by: phil her up on 30 March 2008, 12:26:43

drowned...GOOD :)

Title: Re: Canadian seal hunters
Post by: markey mark on 30 March 2008, 12:27:45

result !! >:(

Title: Re: Canadian seal hunters
Post by: mantagte on 30 March 2008, 13:49:38

1 up to the seals :y

Title: Re: Canadian seal hunters
Post by: Debs. on 30 March 2008, 15:43:11

Sick barstewards!........that kind of blatant wanton-cruelty must surely be dispatched to history.  :o

Title: Re: Canadian seal hunters
Post by: Gaffers on 30 March 2008, 16:06:20

I'm all for hunting game. I fly-fish, hunt rabbit and the odd terrorist.  But there is just no sport in crashing through the ice jumping off a boat and clubbing it on the head... and what for? The skin?  I eat the fish and rabbit I catch.....

Title: Re: Canadian seal hunters
Post by: albitz on 30 March 2008, 16:12:07

excuse my ignorance but why do they kill them ?do they sell the skins,eat the meat ? there is obviously money being made. :-/

Title: Re: Canadian seal hunters
Post by: Timbuk on 30 March 2008, 19:26:42

While i dont agree with what they do, these guys still have families that have just lost a father, son or a brother and i don't wish that on anyone :-?

Title: Re: Canadian seal hunters
Post by: Ken T on 30 March 2008, 19:28:01

I agree the method of despatch is unecessarily cruel. I understand they get about $78 each, so if they have to hunt them then the cost of a bullet each is insignificant.

One trouble with meddling with nature is the unbalance that is caused. They were talking about being able to hunt 275,000 this year, that's a hell of a lot of seals. If they weren't killed, then wouldn't the population exploded in a couple of years, which would endanger fish stocks in the area, and have a knock on effect on other mamals ?. The only natural preditors they have are, I think, polar bears and killer whales, whether these could keep the popluation under control is debatable.

Don't get me wrong, I think wearing fur as fashion is wrong, but in some places its all they can wear to keep out the cold.    

What a complex world we live in !

Ken

Title: Re: Canadian seal hunters
Post by: markey mark on 30 March 2008, 19:32:09

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While i dont agree with what they do, these guys still have families that have just lost a father, son or a brother and i don't wish that on anyone :-?

i know what you are saying timbuk but what goes around comes around bud !! :( :(

Title: Re: Canadian seal hunters
Post by: Timbuk on 30 March 2008, 19:33:43

I agree that they know the risks of the job but all im saying is its not a nice time for the families :y

Title: Re: Canadian seal hunters
Post by: markey mark on 30 March 2008, 19:36:35

yes i agree think its dangers of job !!  :-/