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6000 Kilometers of Shame!
GOD FUCKING DAMN! 
Two weeks ago, Greenpeace received a tip that a dozen containers of meat from endangered fin whales has arrived in Canada. After being rejected from German and Dutch ports last year, Iceland is now trying to get its controversial cargo to Japan via Canada, and it seems our government is happy to oblige.
The shipping company that transported the containers to Canada is called Eimskip. It is an Icelandic company, the country’s oldest shipping company, with an office on the east coast in Newfoundland. Once they arrived in Halifax, they were inspected and transported by CN Rail to Delta port on the west coast. This is where things get fuzzy. But what we do know is that the Canadian government gave the shipment of endangered cargo the green light to reach its ultimate destination – Japan.
http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/High/Blog/6000-kilometers-of-shame-feds-allow-endangere/blog/48221/#.Uv7J7b3equ4.twitter
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Canada is pretty backward in terms of animal rights. Just look at the state sanctioned annual seal hunts. OUR government, on the other hand, should be on top of these outrages. I read recently that Obama was putting pressure on Iceland to end its killing of whales, especially the endangered Minke!
