Seal hunters attack protestors with severed body parts

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http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/03/26/sealers-sunday060326.html

Tempers flared during the first two days as activists tried to come between the sealers and their prey, using video cameras to record the slaughter.

The hunters hurled seal intestines and curses at the protesters, while activists claimed they were rammed by the sealing boats.

In one incident off Nova Scotia's northern coast, sealers allegedly rammed a small inflatable Zodiac boat used by protesters.

No one was hurt, but demonstrators were shaken up and the propeller of their boat was damaged, Rebecca Aldworth, a spokeswoman for the Humane Society of the United States, told the Canadian Press...

Simon dismissed the confrontation with the protesters aboard the Zodiac.
"The intestines are nothing new."

He said they normally hurl seal flippers, and added that shouting matches between sealers and protesters are common...

No charges were laid in the incident.
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How come sealers can ram the protestors, but the protestors can't even come near the sealers?

Seven animal-rights activists were arrested by Canadian fisheries officers on Sunday as the annual seal hunt got off to a violent start on the weekend.
The one woman and six men were picked up southeast of Iles de la Madeleine in the Gulf of St. Lawrence for allegedly coming too close to a sealing vessel, violating the conditions of their observer permits, said Roger Simon, a spokesman for the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans.

Observers are required to stay at least 10 metres away from sealers during the hunt.
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Well, they're not shooting at the protestors or hitting them with a snowmobile, so that's an improvement, isn't it?

But, ya know, if they want to appear more humane, using dismembered seal parts as weapons isn't a good way to start. I now have this image that's a cross between the simpsons cat ladys muttering and throwing, and a big, fat redneck look alike sealer.
 
Well, they look a lot better in the water. But appearance plays a big role, there's much less outrage at killing an adult seal over a baby. Though, in my mind, the one more cognitavely advanced is the worst one to kill. Barring other circumstances of course (ie. killing 1 of a species that has 2000 left is worse than 1 of a species with 50 million left).

Another problem is that they're not nearly as intelligent as a seal.

Though I see your point, but I take what I can get. If people become outraged at the killing of seals I'd try to expand that, but I'm not going to mock them for not being as concerned with other intelligent animals like rats.

Basically the outrage is beneficial, even if its more focused than I'd like.
 
[quote name='alonzomourning23']Though I see your point, but I take what I can get. If people become outraged at the killing of seals I'd try to expand that, but I'm not going to mock them for not being as concerned with other intelligent animals like rats.

Basically the outrage is beneficial, even if its more focused than I'd like.[/quote]

:applause:

People are generally idiots, but if we can wedge open the door and give them a peek at the horror they are inflicting on most animals of this planet, perhaps then some enlightenment can filter through.
 
[quote name='dennis_t']I've got a one-word refutation of the "prettiest animals protected" argument: manatees.

These are the most butt-ugly aquatic creatures I've ever seen, but Floridians and other folks cherish them as though they shit gold.

http://www.savethemanatee.org/[/quote]

I grew up in Ocala, FL... and Manny the Manatee was our newspaper mascot. They're just too stupid to live anymore. We should just kill them all, since they cant seem to adapt.

Same with the seals, they should all just be born as adults...

Darwin! Help the Seals!
 
Well, manatees are more in the "ugly cute" category, like pugs. Though manatees may be more beautiful than cute.

Besides, they're intelligent, just slow moving and trusting, since they have no predators. Their dangers they face is disease and boats that hit them. They have a good defense against disease (their immune system is extremely strong and they rarely die of sickness), but the other threat is just sudden and relatively recent. Nothing of mammal complexity will make such significant adaptions in that short of a time span.

They also have poor vision and can't use echolocation though.

Though animals are able to adapt more quickly if they reproduce quickly and in large quantities. Large mammals do not do this. Size also contributes, as it aids in the ability to avoid the attention of humans. A perfect example of the ideal form of a mammal under extensive human threat, yet one that still flourishes despite this, are the more familiar rat species.
 
[quote name='alonzomourning23']Well, manatees are more in the "ugly cute" category, like pugs. Though manatees may be more beautiful than cute.

Besides, they're intelligent, just slow moving and trusting, since they have no predators. Their dangers they face is disease and boats that hit them. They have a good defense against disease (their immune system is extremely strong and they rarely die of sickness), but the other threat is just sudden and recent. Nothing of mammal complexity will make such significant adaptions in that short of a time span.

They also have poor vision and can't use echolocation though.[/quote]

Moo Moo Sea Cows!
 
[quote name='alonzomourning23']Well, manatees are more in the "ugly cute" category, like pugs. Though manatees may be more beautiful than cute.

Besides, they're intelligent, just slow moving and trusting, since they have no predators. Their dangers they face is disease and boats that hit them. They have a good defense against disease (their immune system is extremely strong and they rarely die of sickness), but the other threat is just sudden and relatively recent. Nothing of mammal complexity will make such significant adaptions in that short of a time span.

They also have poor vision and can't use echolocation though.

Though animals are able to adapt more quickly if they reproduce quickly and in large quantities. Large mammals do not do this. Size also contributes, as it aids in the ability to avoid the attention of humans. A perfect example of the ideal form of a mammal under extensive human threat, yet one that still flourishes despite this, are the more familiar rat species.[/QUOTE]

Oh okay, make me feel like a shitheel for picking on the manatees.....
 
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