The bottom-feeders at the Humane Society of the United States have struck again - this time ridiculously having Jimmy Buffet's chain threaten to ban Canadian Seafood.
Canada has a huge problem with its seal herd. Its size has exploded and natural predation of seals is down. We actually need a seal hunt. And not just for the $30-40 million dollars that it brings to the local economies of outports in Newfoundland and the Magdallen Islands where the average person can really use the bump up from $12k annually to $15 or $16k per year. And not for the $75 to $100 million that the hunt provides to environmental groups for their fundraising activities - based on dated photos of baby seals which Canada has stopped hunting some 20 years ago. These are the same groups who were busted last year for creating a fake horror story about the seal hunt and the visuals of blood stained snow, except for the fact that the start of the hunt had been delayed for weather reasons.
We need a cull on the east coast to help nudge the ecosystem - which has significantly gotten out of kilter - with the explosion of the seal population.
There are also potentially exciting new markets for Omega 3 fish oils, seal meat, not to mention the pelts. The environmentalists love the images of the hunt with the stark contrast of the blood on the snow - but this is not so different from the killing of any other animal for food as anyone who has ever visited an abattoir can attest to.
The Americans and Europeans don't like the Hakapik, arguably the most humane method to execute the hunt and would prefer that guns were used. Having seen how heated the discussions can be on the ice flows, I would strongly discourage expanding the firearm hunt beyond the area know as "The Front".
I hope Jimmy Buffet reads this, but I fear that he's just wasting away again in Margaritaville. Let's unite and BOYCOTT JIMMY BUFFETT!!!
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