False Comment #9: "Jacques Cousteau supported the hunt" (Seal hunt Canada waterdropprod)

Seal hunt supporters will often dredge up this quote which was originally issued by Jacques Cousteau back in 1978. It addressed the slaughter of whitecoat newborne harp seals off Canada's east coast. Since then Jacques has issued an all encompassing statement about concervation which supercedes his quote from 1978. "The invention of the aqualung and my passion for moving pictures have allowed me to reveal to the world the fragile symphony of inner space. Out of curiosity, I listened and understood the many forms of water. I listened to the bubblings of lochs and brooks and to the deafening embrace of rivers meeting with oceans. I witnessed the last throws of dying sholes, and finally I pricked up my ears to the water people, my brothers. I understood that water and life were inexorably bound and that I must spend my own career fighting to protect that life and to safe-guard future generations. Tomorrow I will demand that the rights of generations to come be written in the duties of the living ones. If with such enterprises that make it possible for our children, and our children not yet born to live with dignity in a world symphony, I will have fulfilled my mission." - Jacques Cousteau's own epitaph, written almost 20 years after his quote on the whitecoat seal slaughter.

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