Re: No Escape for Seal Pups

"Paul Morgan" <here@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Paul Watson

March 29, 2008, EST.

Tragedy switches seal hunt focus from saving seals to hunter safety

Chris Morris, THE CANADIAN PRESS

...
"We have said for a number of years that the seals aren't the
only victims of the commercial seal hunt," said Rebecca Aldworth
of the Humane Society of the United States.

"People have lost their lives this year. It's an absolute tragedy and
it's one that could have been avoided if the federal government had
stepped in with a sealing industry buy-out package as we have been
asking them to do for years."

Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society said the
Canadian government puts a great deal of effort into making sure
hunt opponents abide by exacting standards.

But he said the government has not done as much to make sure
the hunters are safe.

"It seems if you're a conservation vessel they pull out all the stops
to make sure every 't' is crossed and every 'i' dotted on all the
regulations," Watson said in an interview from Los Angeles.

"But they seem to waive everything when it comes to the hunters."
....
Sealers can kill a total of 275,000 seals this year. One-third of that
total can be taken in the Gulf, while the remainder will be killed off
the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador.

In a statement, Watson said the Farley Mowat expects to come into
contact with sealing vessels that are caught in the ice.

"We will of course rescue any sealers should they require help," he said.

"The Sea Shepherd crew is motivated by both mercy and compassion
and a respect for all life - including the lives of those who inflict
pain,
suffering and death upon the most innocent of animals - the seal pups."

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