Seal Wars - Sea Shepherd - Democratic Underground

Annces

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Fri Aug-15-08 10:41 AM
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Seal Wars - Sea Shepherd

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Urd3wZRBjuI

Posted on YouTube: August 14, 2008
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Posted on DU: August 15, 2008
By DU Member: Annces
Views on DU: 359

Nice video with music on Paul Watson and Sea Shepherd, trying to end the annual seal slaughter that goes on every spring in Canada. The EU is working on a complete ban of seal products.

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Oerdin

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Fri Aug-15-08 11:04 AM
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1. I hate those videos

It has been illegal to hunt white furs (seal pups) for decades but EVERY SINGLE time the environmentalists make a video they show pictures of white furs and attempt to deceive the public into thinking white furs are being hunted. The reality is only adults are hunted and this is a deliberate attempt to deceive the public.

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Number9Dream

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Fri Aug-15-08 11:30 AM
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2. Most seals killed are 2-6 weeks old

As soon as one dark fur patch appears, the pups are fair game, so the video is accurate.

snip> "The DFO allows hunters to kill any seal pup over two-weeks-old, the so-called “raggedy jackets,” and "beaters" sporting a silvery coat flecked with small dark spots. Although a few adult seals are taken, some 90-95% of all the Harp seals taken are still infants, 2-6 weeks old. Killing babies in their nursery feels morally reprehensible, and ecologically dim-witted."

http://thetyee.ca/Views/2005/04/11/HuntingSeals/

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Annces

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Fri Aug-15-08 11:39 AM
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3. The white pup

footage is old. However they do kill babies, they kill them after 3 weeks of age.

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1monster

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Fri Aug-15-08 12:06 PM
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4. As many times as Sea Shepherd ships have been rammed, bumped, or otherwise

impeded by other ships, they should invest in some outsized bumpers that would bounce the rammers/bumpers off...

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