Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
Canadian Fisheries Minister Declares War on Seal
Defenders
If you are concerned about protecting baby harp seals,
opposed to the savage brutality of the annual Canadian
seal slaughter and concerned about the irreparable
damage that the Canadian Department of Fisheries and
Oceans has done to the oceanic eco-systems off the
Eastern coast of Canada then the Canadian Minister of
Fisheries has declared that you are an enemy of
Canada.
Canadian Fisheries Minister Loyola Hearn said today
that he is promising a war with animal rights and
conservation organizations over the slaughter. Hearn
said that he is prepared to wage a war to protect
the Atlantic seal hunt.
These words go down well with Newfoundlanders, the
people who elected Hearn but to the rest of Canada ,
they are the words of an extremist who is prepared to
violate the rights of the citizens of Canada to defend
the savage annual slaughter of seal pups.
Hearn is declaring war on all Canadian citizens who
are opposed to the killing. He is declaring war
against the European Parliament and against
international organizations opposed to the killing of
seals. Said Captain Paul Watson. This seems like
bizarre language for a Conservative Canadian cabinet
minister.
Hearn is incensed that the European Parliament has
adopted a proposal calling for a ban on seal pelts
into Europe . The proposal was signed by 386 European
lawmakers.
Hearn insists that European politicians have been
misinformed by animal rights activists, yet some of
these members of the European Parliament have seen the
slaughter with their own eyes.
The Minister is demonstrating a gross disrespect for
European leaders by accusing them of acting without
the facts and without verification of the facts. Said
Captain Watson. The facts are clear, only the
Canadian government is in denial of the facts.
The fact is that the annual seal hunt is inhumane. It
is a threat not only to the survival of the harp seal
species but also to the survival of the eco-system
that the seals are an important part of. It is a fact
that harp seals are a benefit to cod and not the cause
of their diminishment. The cause of the collapse of
the cod fishery was gross incompetence and
mismanagement of the fishery by the Canadian
Department of Fisheries and Oceans. The fact is that
the majority of Canadian oppose the slaughter of seals
and the fact is that the rest of the world abhors the
slaughter of seals in Canada , Norway , Russia and
Namibia .
According to the Canadian media Hearn said, "What
happens when they stop the seal hunt? What's next? Is
it the slaughter of lambs?" said Hearn, who represents
a St. John's, Newfoundland riding.
"They're already after chicken. Lobster is becoming a
target. So where does it stop? As far as we're
concerned, it stops right here, and if they want a war
over this, they bloody well got one."
Captain Paul Watson who wrote the book Seal Wars!
about the Canadian slaughter of seals said, Weve
been at war with the government of Canada on this
issue since the 60s. Its nice that Loyola Hearn has
finally noticed.
Captain Watson is confident that conservationists will
win this war eventually. We have demonstrated that we
are persistent, that we are not going away and that we
will never surrender to this perversity. We will shut
down this bloody obscenity and we will win. The
Canadian slaughter of seals has no place in the 21st
Century. Its time for Canada to join the modern world
and to put the bloody clubs away forever.
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society greets the
declaration from Loyola Hearn very enthusiastically.
First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then
they fight you, then you win.
Finally the Ministry of Fisheries has recognized the
seriousness of the international protest and now
recognizes that the protests are having an economic
impact, especially on the sales of Canadian seafood
products. He's not ignoring us anymore. Now he wants
to fight.
Hearn also implied that concerns about the inhumane
slaughter are communist. "In many of the European
countries, as you know, the governments are much more
left wing than our own, and it's not very hard to find
sympathizers to such causes," Hearn said.
In fact it is not hard to find sympathizers against
the slaughter from most of the civilized world.
Opposition to the seal hunt comes from all over the
world from across the political spectrum.
Last week Hearn stated that European support for a ban
on seal pelts was disrespectful to the Canadian
soldiers who died liberating Europe .
Sea Shepherd International Chair Farley Mowat
responded to this by saying, Speaking as a veteran
who participated in the liberation of Holland ,
Belgium and Europe I can state categorically that the
best way for Europeans to show their appreciation for
the role of Canadians in the liberation of Europe is
to ban the sale of seal pelts in Europe .
Hearn is not very media savvy and tends to shoot from
the lip said Captain Watson. This guy is the best
mouthpiece for the sealers we have had since John
Efford.
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has actively
opposed the slaughter of seals since 1979. Prior to
that Captain Paul Watson led two Greenpeace campaigns
against the seal hunt in 1976 and 1977.
Seal products have been banned in the United States
since 1972.
The European declaration, if approved, would not apply
to the aboriginal hunt of seals.
Captain Paul Watson
Founder and President of the Sea Shepherd Conservation
Society (1977-
Co-Founder - The Greenpeace Foundation (1972)
Co-Founder - Greenpeace International (1979)
Director of the Sierra Club USA (2003-2006)
Director - The Farley Mowat Institute
Director - www.harpseals.org
"Sail forth - steer for the deep waters only,
Reckless O soul, exploring, I with thee and thou with
me, For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared
to go, And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all."
- Walt
Whitman
www.Seashepherd.org
Tel: 360-370-5650
Fax: 360-370-5651
Address: P.O. Box 2616
Friday Harbor, Wa 98250 USA
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