Inuit on Sealing: We Want Your Mind Not Your Money

National Canadian Inuit Leader Mary Simon, President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami denounces the proposed European Union seal ban and the disinformation campaigns employed by animal rights groups in their efforts to stop the hunting of seals in Canada.

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[patzivota22]

canucktunes: "The objectives for the hunt are sustainable use, conservation, humane hunting practices, and the fullest possible use of the seals." - Mr. David Bevan

Sustainable Use: Yes, his previous statement I posted shows their is no accuracy for determining sustainable use.

Conservation: Read above.

Humane.... Bashing an animals skull in with a bat is incredibly humane!

fullest possible use of the killed animals..... wrong. There is no use, nor little sale of seal meat anywhere.

[patzivota22]

CANUCKTUNES said: ..."And a cull is a conservative measure supported by all of them"

wrong.

Mr. David Bevan, DFO speaking:

Regarding the seal hunt: "One thing we want to make clear is that we do Not have an objective to limit the size of the population for the purposes of trying to control the ecosystem...we could not determine any rationale to limit the size of the population."

Direct Testimony on the floor of Parliament of David Bevan, Fisheries and Aquaculture Management, DFO

[sackville10]

go pick on someone else you cowards eco nazi . inuint have done nothing to anyone ever . and seal pups arent killed so go away and fix your own messed up country before medaling in mine .

[sackville10]

@thestreetsempty go bother ranchers or farmers with your shit and see how good you get on with it . you come here and pick on ppl who have done nothing to you or anyone ever and exspcet them to change the tradtions held for 10000 years just because you dont understand them .

[sackville10]

@thestreetsempty toxic cemicals wtf ?? we piss on our pelts you fucking retard last time i checked piss is free and renewable so what are you talking about . the acids in urine helps to soften the hide and slow shrinking and drying tofast to be usefull . your a fucking retard . your talking outta your arse ,your clueless on here regergatating the missinformation greenpeace puts out , your a puppet plain and simple . do some fucking reserch loser

[thestreetsempty]

@sackville10 My shoes are not leather. I am vegan. Most cattle ranchers agree: their industry is wasteful of resources and causes massive amounts of suffering.

And the point is still: sealing is unnecessary and causes massive amounts of suffering - and no appeal to tradition will change that fact.

Perhaps you should research how many resources are used to produce one pound of beef. How much methane is from cattle. Then recognize how this is contributing to world hunger and global warming.

[thestreetsempty]

@sackville10 Legs are natural and necessary, transportation is a luxury. And we need to utilize greener alternatives to such transportation.

You're right: all of those things are also unnecessary and therefore should no longer be indulgences - given that they're unnecessary and cause massive amounts of suffering. Thanks for seeing my point.

[sackville10]

@thestreetsempty go try saying that shit to a cattle farmer you asshat . your shoes are leather , the skin from a confined animal that spent most its life a slave for meat and its skin wading around in waste deep shit and you dare to condem natural hunting. seals are free and happy they mate with whom they want death for a seal is instant but death for a cow starts the day it is born so go fuck your hat . i eat cow more then seal .

[sackville10]

@thestreetsempty if sealing is a unnessasary tradition then so is fishing and cattle and chikens and pigs and the list goes on and on . for that matter why not stop drinking beer cuse we have prescriptions that do the same thing and why not get rid of our legs and use pedways instead . you have no concept of what the hell your saying , your just an eco nazi , you condem neone not like you or thinking like you . i belive thats called a fascist isnt it . we dont bother you so return the favor !

[sackville10]

seal pups are not killed in canada since 84 so most of theses retards spreading there anti seal propoganda are spreading lies about canada again . if you wanna see cruelty look at the pigion shoots in penn or dog fights in cally or bull fighting in mexico or spain , all them animals are tossed in the trash after slowly being tourtured . we eat seal and use every single part of it. seals are not even close to endangered , and isnt shark fin soup legal in the usa , try looking that up , hippocrat

[thestreetsempty]

@cowboyfromkettins I agree the conservation should be about how they need to be provided with accessible resources and services, and that the fact that they are not is not their fault. But then, she should be advocating for that type of change - rather than holding on to the tradition of murder.

[cowboyfromkettins]

@thestreetsempty Im not talking about fertile soil. there is no soil full stop, food bearing plants do not grow there. the Inuit are so remote that shipping/flying fresh food to them is very difficult and when it gets there the prices are so inflated that they can barely afford them. these people have survived thousands of years taking what they need to survive from the land and sustainability has never been an issue. If there is a conservation issue it is not they who are to blame.