EU Parliament Votes to Ban Seal Products from Canada!

Posted on May 5, 2009 by nothoney

Finally! We’ve been waiting a year, at least, for this vote and it came today. Here’s part of the text from PR Newswire: STRASBOURG, France, May 5 /PRNewswire/ — Humane Society International congratulated the European Parliament for voting overwhelmingly in favour of a strong ban on trade in seal products. “Today’s vote in the European [...]

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Another Day, Another Bloody Slaughter in Canada

Posted on April 9, 2009 by nothoney

I just finished reading the latest post by Humane Society International’s Rebecca Aldworth about the Canadian seal slaughter. There’s no way I could witness the bludgeoning of a helpless baby seal, whose pelt is now worth only $15, the way Aldworth has for the last 11 years. I admire her greatly for taking her camera [...]

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What Stockwell Day calls humane

Posted on April 6, 2009 by Kestrel

a guest post from Kestrel The latest news on the seal massacre is that Canada plans to launch trade reprisals if the EU votes to ban seal products. Here is the article. Note these words from Stockwell Day, the International Trade Minister: “International Trade Minister Stockwell Day said a proposed European ban on the trade [...]

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Seal Killers Return; HSUS Documents Unspeakable Cruelty

Posted on April 4, 2009 by nothoney

Until this barbaric, inhuman, disgusting slaughter of baby seals ends, I am not giving one dime of my American money to anything Canadian. I do not shop at stores that don’t participate in the Canadian seafood boycott, and I don’t eat at restaurants that serve seafood. I will not visit Canada, nor buy one damn [...]

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Why I’m Not Celebrating Earth Hour

Posted on March 28, 2009 by nothoney

Here’s another guest post from kestrel, and it speaks plainly about the WWF-sponsored Earth Hour and why many of us are not participating. Another blogger called them “World Wildlife Felons” and that sums up that organization quite perfectly. When the lights go out at 8:30 p.m. for Earth Hour, the lingering stench of death and [...]

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HSI’s Aldworth Blogs From Seal Slaughter in Canada

Posted on March 23, 2009 by nothoney

Rebecca Aldworth of the Humane Society International has witnessed and written about the insane Canadian seal slaughter for the past 11 years. The carnage began yesterday and you can read her posts and then take action to help end this barbaric murder of innocent baby animals by the Canadian government. Here’s yesterday’s post: Live From [...]

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The Canadian Way: Turn Your Back and Don’t Look

Posted on March 22, 2009 by Kestrel

“One might as well argue that because Canada used to hang convicted murderers by the neck until they were dead the tradition should not be allowed to disappear. Sealing in Canada is not a tradition, it is just an unenlightened, outdated practice.” — J.M. Coetzee, Interview from March 2008 On the eve of the Canadian [...]

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