I'm just going to go in a corner and cry now . . . :(

[ET Awful]

Seal hunters expected to kill 234,000 Wednesday -


ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland (AP) -- The final leg of Canada's contentious seal hunt moved to the ice floes off northeastern Newfoundland and Labrador on Wednesday, with sealers expected to slaughter another 234,000 harp seal pups in just one day.

International animal-rights activists will be present to document the final phase of the annual cull, which the Canadian government insists is humane and sustainable, with a healthy population of more than 6 million harp seals.

One of the most prominent animal-rights activists, Rebecca Aldworth of the Humane Society of the United States, will not be on the ice, however, as the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans has accused her of disturbing the hunt and declined to issue her an observation permit.

"It's unthinkable that so many animals will die a horrific death in such a short space of time," Aldworth said in a news release.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/04/12/seal.hunt.ap/index.html


234,000????? :cry: poor little things.

[Call Me Wesley]

1. I just recently saw

a news story about it on German TV featuring Rebecca Aldworth. You know what sadness and anger mixed at the same time feels?

[ET Awful]

2. Yup, and so non-sensical.

Those poor seals, with no defenses whatsoever. :(

Sometimes I just wish the ice would open up and let those "hunters" go for a bit of a swim.

[Call Me Wesley]

3. And all for the single purpose of fur.

I agree. They have to shoot them now according to some 'humane law', but from what I've seen, they are the worst snipers. I won't get into details. It's terrible and useless. Might karma rule.

[madinmaryland]

4. 234,000!!

:wtf: I didn't know there were even that many in total. Are they going to wipe the entire herds out?

Thats just wrong.

:wtf:

Why they hell are the killing them and what are they going to do with them

:grr:

[LaurenG]

5. Horrible and so wrong, dear mother of god

Unthinkable and unbelievable that in this day and age human beings would still be such fucking morons.:eyes: :cry: