Re: No Escape for Seal Pups

On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:57:58 GMT, "Chom Noamsky" <e@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>"pearl" <tea@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
>news:ftso2j$uci$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Live From the Ice
>>
>> No Escape for Seal Pups
>> by Rebecca Aldworth
>> Posted April 11, 10:30 P.M.
>>
>> The ProtectSeals team flew through heavy fog, high winds and
>> blowing snow to reach the sealing vessels. Eleven were still trapped
>> in the ice floes - a Coast Guard icebreaker nearby attempting to cut
>> a path for them. For a moment we dared to hope the seals were still
>> safe.
>>
>> But farther north, we found more boats working their way through
>> the ice, killing every seal pup in their wake.  As we passed one large
>> red vessel, we saw sealers jump off the side onto the ice. They ran
>> towards a single live seal pup, hakapiks in hand.
>>
>> The pup, sensing danger, tried desperately to crawl towards the
>> edge of the water. But the two men bearing down on her were faster.
>> One sealer struck her on the side, then twice again on the head.
>> He grabbed her hind flippers and pulled her back across the ice,
>> stopping to club her twice more. He grabbed her front flipper and
>> turned her over.
>>
>> But then the second sealer kicked the wounded pup with his boot.
>> Seeing a reaction, he motioned to the first sealer, who clubbed her
>> four more times on the head. Not to be outdone, the second sealer
>> grabbed his hakapik and clubbed the baby seal once more. He
>> flipped her over and began to cut her open - only to roll her back
>> over so the first sealer could club her three more times. This poor
>> baby seal was clubbed thirteen times in total.
>>
>> The sealers finally sliced open the pup, then dragged her the long
>> distance back the boat. On board the vessel, they cut out her
>> carcass and threw it overboard.  We watched miserably from our
>> helicopters, helpless to do anything to stop her suffering.
>>
>> This was a brutal scene - and one that I have witnessed too many
>> times in the ten years I have been out here do***enting the slaughter.
>> Tomorrow, we go back to do***ent the second day of the hunt for
>> seals in the Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence. Please stand with us as
>> we gather the evidence we need to shut this brutal slaughter down
>> forever.
>
>The hunters knew they were being observed by ARAs so they put on a good 
>show.  They probably would have been much more efficient had it been 
>otherwise. 


Too bad chickens aren't 'cute', that way there wouldn't be enough
protesters to cover the hundreds of locations where thousands are
'slaughtered' every day.