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March 25, 2006

A club not to join

The seal-clubbers are back in Canada. Says Paul McCartney's wife:

"We're devastated to learn that 325,000 of these harp seals, almost all of them defenseless babies, will be clubbed and shot to death."

CNN continues:

But animal-rights activists and celebrities, including Brigitte Bardot, have placed Canada under an unpopular global spotlight, calling the world's largest seal hunt barbaric and unnecessary in a developed nation.

Registered hunters are not allowed to kill the pups before they molt their downy white fur, typically when they're 10 days to three weeks old.

At least the seal-clubbers wait until the pups are 10 days old before beating their heads in. Yeah, the real victim here is Canada:

"Unfortunately, we're to some degree the victim of a bit of an international propaganda campaign," [Canadian Prime Minister] Harper said.

That degree would be zero.

Posted by adrianjo at March 25, 2006 10:51 AM