Comments on: Canada to kill 275,000 baby harp seals. Man faces charges for killing opossum

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By: PocketMouse

PocketMouse — Thu, 20 May 2010 00:30:02 +0000

Don’t compare the slaughter of baby seals to livestock!! Harp seals are wild animals that serve an important role in the ecosystem and face the possibility of becoming endangered. Even though they’re not officially listed as endangered yet doesn’t mean their population hasn’t been severely declining over the years. Also, the meat for livestock gets eaten whereas these seals are mainly hunted for their skin for those stupid celebrities to wear. There are many pictures and videos of blood-stained ice floes littered with hundreds of thousands of rotting carcasses to prove the fact.

By: Josh Johnson

Josh Johnson — Thu, 06 May 2010 16:27:23 +0000

This is animal cruelty! We need to put a stop to these terribble things. American alligators are also endangered now because of people killing them for skin and skulls. They are also being sold! If this continues it might wipe out the whole american alligator species!!!

By: H.Lavallee

H.Lavallee — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:33:17 +0000

You information is false as there is no such hunt within Canada for Baby harp Seals…get your story straight before you publish such misinformed statements.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:48:25 +0000

Killing millions of selas or any animals are cruelity. You should stop it, because they have a life like ours. They need to survive. Killing animals are effen harsh, seriously. People from everywhere should stop this nonsense, its no good. These animals are beautiful creatures. You of all people should know this, you should know that is no good to be doing this to the animals. Soon, they will be extict, then what you gonna feed on? There shall be a stop on this. More and more animals will die, they wont come back then all would suffer for more meat, we all dont want this. So please just STOP THIS BULLS*** ok …

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 09 May 2009 02:23:19 +0000

Hundreds of millions of animals are killed every year in the mechanical harvest of crops. I’m sure some of them are even as cute as baby seals. I guess you better make sure that you only eat hand-picked vegetables from now on.

By: Ben Mok

Ben Mok — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 05:51:12 +0000

It’s time we made a difference canadians I always thought they were up to something I am 13 years old even I think this world is really creul. First of all if we care so much of a 5 family opposum and not care about 275000 baby seals dieing… everyday o.o
then that’s kind of messed up. Dood just let the F-ing seals go they have lives too, all this for money is the media considering this or what? This is bad

By: sarah

sarah — Thu, 29 May 2008 21:27:08 +0000

Yes, Laura, there is something Americans can do about animal cruelty. Get involved with agencies like the Humane Society, Sea Shepard, or Green Peace. Petition local law makers and get more stringent animal rights laws on the books. It may be a slow start, but any progress that is made in this area will hopefully beget more progress. Talk to everyone you know about the seal hunt. Research the hunt thoroughly so that you have bullet proof arguments. I have been working against the hunt ever since the 70′s, until it was banned for a period of time, and then have been working against it since it was reinstated in the 90′s. Historically, this is a hunt that has been going on for a long time– since the 1700′s, in one form or another. And people have been hunting these seals for generations upon generations. All I can say it, become active and petition the US and canadian governments to stop the hunt. There is NO EXCUSE in this whole world that would support the killing of a seal, for any reason. An 11-day old seal is still an infant. The baby cannot swim– it would drown if put in the water. The baby cannot feed itself. It is a helpless infant without even its adult chance to defend itself. This is like letting a wolf loose in a human baby nursery. And don’t tell me that a human baby would stand a chance. Canadians are allowing infanticide of these baby animals, right in front of their own mothers. As a mother myself, no one had ever better try to harm my child, and I am sure these seal mothers feel the same way, and have the same emotional pain, but someone stronger has overpowered them. It’s really a sick practice. -Sarah

By: Laura

Laura — Sun, 25 May 2008 17:37:17 +0000

That was terrible. I mean, I have so many wild animals like possums (im not sure if its the same as an opossum) coming to my door to get the cat-food from outside. but never in my life would i let anyone of my family members kill them (those animals could be cute.)
But how can you get the message out that people are killing other animals that may not be as important as seals, or animals like that? What can americans so care about this stuff do?
is there anything we can do?