So... You Wanna Talk Humane, eh?
Thursday, March 23, 2006
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As everyone likely already knows, Canada has its national, annual seal hunt. It involves the beating and/or killing of a number of seals. The government insists that it is to help control the numbers, and no scientist has yet spoken up to defend the animal. If the numbers were much lower, then they might've actually called for an end to it.Canada hunters head for seal cull
Yes, it seems inhumane, but it is it really that inhumane?
It seems that some of the people calling for the boycott and end to the hunt are from nations with track records that aren't known for their humane activities, whether towards animals or humans.
Britain has its long history of the 'Fox Hunt', and the US loves culling its population with the death penalty (oh and did I forget to mention the innocents in Iraq?)
And the French aren't so innocent either. They eat those poor helpless frogs! Why isn't anyone standing up for the little froggies when the French get that glint of hunger in their eye? And the snails? Those poor, poor sidewalk sliders...
