Hi,
I'm from New Bruswick which is not far from NFLD and as a Canadian I am deeply embaressed that my government still allows the seal hunt.I am very happy that mother nature has stepped in. I do not wish harm on the hunters I just hope now that they learn their lesson. Tons of people in my area protest every year
and we are ignored. Its very nice to see the seals are getting the upper hand this year.

Posted by: Jen | April 25, 2007 12:50 PM

I am very saddened about the seals whose lives were not spared, but I am very happy to know that 60,000 seals will get to have a chance to live their lives.

Posted by: Michele | April 25, 2007 12:59 PM

I don't wish suffering on them either, Jack. But they're like (horribly brutal, sociopathic) children who've been asked repeatedly not to touch a hot stove... they tend not to take heed until they get burned. Should be interesting to see how many sealers gain the wisdom of your average 3-year old and decide to break with "tradition" next year.

Posted by: Nancy | April 25, 2007 01:07 PM

As an American I pray for the safety of the sealers. I think what they do is revolting, but these are not people who can afford to lounge around on the computer all day!!

No well-off folks are out risking their lives doing this miserable work. These people probably have young children at home, who may now lose a parent to this tragedy. We should be praying for them.

If you want to blame someone, PETA, blame the Canadian government. They could probably offer the same yearly wage to these folks to NOT kill seals if Harper would give up any of his freakin' luxuries and cold attitude.

No one who has money to survive is out doing this work. I will support a boycott, but I do not support any hint that we wish death on these people.

Posted by: Maya | April 25, 2007 01:10 PM

after opening todays PETA website i made a huge jump and till now i'm in a very emotional mood reading this great news: 60'000 seal babies shall be spared - they shall live!!! this is a result of all working together: God, Mother Nature, PETA, so many other animal protection societies, Sir Paul, Pam, Brigitte Bardot, Richard Dean Anderson, Emily Deschanel and so many others - Ingrid, Jack and not to forget we PETA members who really put pepper and salt in the last file concerning the pups. i become even a little bit reconciled with the hunters outthere - i read somewhere that they made a snowman on the ice - so i hope if they remain another 14 days outthere that they make many snowmen - this is at least far better from their first job... But as i already mentioned i'm very emotional for the moment - so pls excuse me if i write something inapropriate - but this is another great victory in every way!!!

Posted by: animal pride | April 25, 2007 01:46 PM

Jen, so many Canadians seem to be opposed to this hunt.

Why do you as a Canadian think it goes on?

Posted by: kelly | April 25, 2007 03:20 PM

Maya, these are NOT poor people doing the hunting.

And they don't need seals for food- they shop at SUPERMARKETS!

This is about GREEDY PEOPLE who want to make blood money.

This "poor people" myth is just concocted by the hunter lobby to dupe the public into letting this go on.

Posted by: kelly | April 25, 2007 03:22 PM

to Maya:
please consult the 'toronto star'; there was a huge article about seal hunt. These hunters are going out for the pleasure, not because they need it. It was all reported on the last PETA-Blog site on seal hunt. I guess it's now in the archive - so you have to dig!

Posted by: Sean Miller | April 25, 2007 03:42 PM

You guys are probably right, I may have been misled. I didn't do enough research before I spoke. Sorry.

I still stand by my statement, though, that death by falling in the freezing waters and leaving behind a family is not amusing and we should not be wishing it on anyone.

I do still support an aggressive ban on seal hunting. Let's find a creative and less offensive way to promote a boycott! Peace!

Posted by: Maya | April 25, 2007 03:54 PM

Oh heck,
A little ice never hurt anyone.
Perhaps they should stay
another 2 weeks.
Who knows, they may get to like it.
They sure don't have any problems beating the life out of these beloved babies and their mamas that try to protect them.
There are alot more things to worry about.....
Animals Matter.....
Judith

Posted by: Judith, Freedom Fighter | April 25, 2007 04:16 PM

I was but a wee lad when the ice melted in my home town. Now the seals never leave him without a note from their parents. Times have changed, but we'll never forget.

Posted by: Bilbo Baggins | April 25, 2007 04:42 PM

I've always believed you get what you give. I do wish harm on the sealers & I could care less if they die! After all the work that PETA does to show the world the horrors of animal cruelty & still people are stupid enough to participate in it?!! Who cares if they starve or freeze to death?! I DON'T!! That will just be a few less people in the world who condone the torture of some of the worlds most beautiful animals! LET THE SEALERS FEND FOR THEMSELVES THE WAY THE SEALS THEY CLUB ALIVE DO!!!!!!

Posted by: Nicole | April 25, 2007 06:57 PM

Hi Kelly,

As a Canadian, I think there are a couple of reasons the seal massacre continues.

Once elected a government (municipal, provincial, state, federal) never does what its actual constituents want (unless, of course, an election is nigh, or it's in their best interests to do so).

And I think it's become a matter of stubborn pride for the Canadian government (No other country is going to tell us what to do!). Frankly, I'm highly ticked off that the Canadian government purports to speak for all Canadians on this issue.

Posted by: Michael | April 25, 2007 07:47 PM

Happy, Happy, Happy. It has to be a sign,to fight so long so hard. When I saw those ships, I broke down and cried. Maybe peta will shut this d--- hunt down YET!!!!!

Posted by: jackie | April 25, 2007 09:35 PM

What goes around comes around!.........

Posted by: Tina | April 25, 2007 10:12 PM

Everything you do to others someday comes back to you - I so not feel bad at all about them they are suffering just like the babies - oh well

Posted by: Cyndi | April 25, 2007 11:28 PM

I could care less about the sealers-or killers.

after watching the peta video of these murderers attacking seals I could care less if the sealers fall through the ice into a freezing grave.

but all the seals that were saved is fantastic!

thanks mother nature-you rock woman!

Posted by: zodiac | April 25, 2007 11:31 PM

Good stuff. Karma, good 'ol nature whatever it is. It has saved those beautiful babies. It happend down south with those Japanese hunting the whales and their factory ship caught on fire. Whales were safe until next year. Yes next year, lets hope there is an ice age in that area.

Posted by: Amanda Busbridge | April 26, 2007 01:50 AM

What about the baby seals who already had their skulls crashed? Its sad and sardonic that just because these hard-hearted morons were stuck up there, some of them are spared. Else as we only know too well the rest would too would be pursued , beaten and clubbed to death. I hope these jerks who go around mercilessly ending these defenceless pups start thinking of getting a real job when they get home. AND as for the Canadian Government its high-time they stop being sick-blind and giving permission for these devilish acts to go on.

Caroline

Posted by: Caroline | April 26, 2007 07:34 AM

I'm so happy about the spared 60,000 LIVES... I've got tears running down my face.. Thank Mother nature/God/Frosty the snowman, whoever! That's a lot of babies that didn't have to go through a merciless, utterly violent and horrific death all for the mistake of being born a baby harp seal!! Why should they have to suffer for being born? Maybe this is a sign of things to come and this is truly divine intervention! I have no feelings of mercy for those mean thugs that can actually drag a still living baby animals across the ice with a pic, to skin it alive and throw it's carcass over the boat.. Serial killers. Peace and thanks to everyone that cares!! :)

Posted by: sandra | April 26, 2007 10:23 AM

To Kelly,

I am against the killing 100%. I am Vegan and very happy but these guys are poor and do need to make some money. The government needs to step in and help end the killing. Stephen Harper coupld help provide jobs and/or subsidy if he felt it was an important issue but at the moment the "issue" is the environment,lol! I know!

Anyway, the unemployment rate where these guys are is huge and I am saddened that my government wont do anything to stop it!

Posted by: doug | April 26, 2007 11:24 AM

What the Canadian people need is a very special,humane and courageous leader to lead the ban on this barbaric massacre. Forget the macho rantings of the sealers. They could be financially compensated and that would work out cheaper than baby sitting the killer's boats every year with tax payers money.
Maureen

Posted by: Maureen E. Roth | April 26, 2007 11:53 AM

This is great. I wish all the boats were disabled.I could care less for the lives of the sealers the earth doesnt need their kind. More food for the Polar Bears. I think we owe the bears at least that...

Posted by: Adam | April 26, 2007 12:53 PM

I'm sure most of us cannot stand the thought of any animal suffering, including human ones (regardless of the suffering they may have inflicted). But I'm having trouble wrapping my head around the idea that the sealers' (presumed) economic/employment status should release them from accountability for their actions.

Since when is poverty a reasonable excuse for violence and murder?

If bludgeoning other sentient beings is your chief source of income (which, according to most news reports, this is not), your problems run far deeper than your empty pockets.

Of course, if all the reports are false and these people really are in dire financial straits, the Canadian government should be helping them find legitimate work... not subsidizing mass murder.

Where is the dilemma here?

Posted by: Nancy | April 26, 2007 01:52 PM

Please fellow animal lovers--fight the natural reaction to wish death and suffering on these callous men. Although I do not feel sympathy or pity for them, I don't wish them to die, rather I pray with all my heart that while out on that desolate, cold sea of ice they were moved to reflect on what they inflict on helpless, defenseless beings.
All the protests in the world could not equal the kind of life-changing impact of coming to the realization that they are now nearly as helpless and defenseless as the seals they hunt.

Let us all lift up our thoughts to the Universe and ask that all experience a profound change of heart. Nothing is so powerful as the deliberate putting forth of positive, loving energy.

I'm grateful that so many seals will live.

Posted by: SusanT | April 26, 2007 02:53 PM

As a Canadian, I find it repulsive that seal hunting is even legal, let alone considered "sport". I remember there was a time when they showed us a clip promoting our country and they actually showed a snippet of a seal getting clubbed. It was later scraped because people were complaining that it made us look awful that we would condone such violence(and it does) Yet hopefully the sealers will have time to REALLY think things over and maybe consider that karma DOES have a funny way of biting you in the frostbitten ass. I hope then men come home alive, safe and full of regret for making such a stupid endeavour in the first place. And please, they do it for the fur and the money, I'm sick of hearing this crap about tradition and food supply, because really only the Inuits (WHO DO NOT RESIDE primarily in the East but in provinces such as Nunvut) rely on seals for nourishment and warmth, not to mention that they use every part of the seal (ie NOT FUR PROFIT) I wish our country would ban it all together, but I wish Harper wasnt a Bush loving scummy conservative either, so hopefully one day both cruel practices will be out of parliment!!!

Posted by: Courtney | April 26, 2007 09:00 PM

If these hunters were running around New Orleans bludgeoning puppies and kittens for their coats, I doubt very much there would be any sympathy for hunters trapped in Hurricane Katrina flood waters. I hope they all die out there.

Posted by: Philip | April 26, 2007 10:09 PM

Fun quote from a seal hunter (from Paul Watson's Myspace blog):

"Desmond Adams was quoted today in the Newfoundland media as saying, 'we all go out for the love of it rather than the money, which isn't there anymore.'"

Nice, huh?

Posted by: Canaduck | April 26, 2007 10:22 PM

Hi Kelly,
The reason why I think the Canadian government allows the seal hunt is that i'm sorry to say we have too many old farts in high places. Especially in the Atlantic provinces. They are to hell bent on the "good old days" they refuse to move forward. During the election i asked all those who were running for office about amending laws to protect animals and environmental changes, their eyes glazed over. Its very frustrating.

Posted by: Jen | April 27, 2007 01:53 AM

This is god getting back at them - plain & simple. I do not, and will never, feel bad for them. To be honest, I hope they dont make it back!

Posted by: Kathy Garrey | April 27, 2007 11:12 AM

To the people here wishing sealers harm: have you ever touched the corpse of a family member? I'm sorry if you have, but if you haven't, you should wait until that moment, then see if you still would wish it on the families waiting for their loved ones to come home.

You who wish harm on the sealers have a difficult choice to make: do you want to continue spewing your emotions onto a website, or do you want to save animals? You can't have both.

To save the seals, you need a ton of public support. Fighting the Canadian government and a way of life will be very very hard. To recruit people you must have dignity, and you must show respect at all costs.

The NRDC collected 500,000 signatures to get the Bush administration to protect polar bears. They have the support, money and respect of millions of people in Canada and the U.S.

They brought the U.S. government to court over this and won. To achieve animal rights, you can't just have the support of a few fanatics. Let's work for the animals first, and let out our overflowing emotions somewhere else, like on watercolor paper or in a song.

Posted by: Maya | April 27, 2007 02:21 PM

They shouldn't be out there in the first place. Now the Canadian Government has to risk the lives of the Coast Guard personnel & spend many dollars saving those sorry, heartless, greedy, pathetic killers.

I despise and condemn their actions. And I hope the boats sink. Wouldn't that be ironic if the seals who escaped slaughter had them for dinner?

Posted by: Kathy Garrey | April 27, 2007 04:24 PM

this news has made my day,
the whole world has been watching , canada you should be ashamed.
seal culling needs to stop now!

Posted by: avril sims | April 28, 2007 05:40 PM

as I always say, It's all about KARMA baby, I don't wish the sealers death, but I also feel no sympathy for them, do on to others I say, so how can you bash the skull of an innocent little baby live creature who only makes the mistake of trusting these devil seal killers!!!! as far as that comment made about they can't earn any wages another way, that's the biggest bunch of crap i ever heard!!! McDonalds always hires, so I don't want to hear that garbage of no other way of making a buck!!! their just greedy heartless humans looking for a quick buck.

Posted by: nico | April 28, 2007 05:43 PM

KARMA! I just wish none of them got out alive, but in life you don't always get what you want.

Posted by: Tessa | April 28, 2007 07:27 PM

I also dont give a crap if those heartless bastards live or die. they murdered enough innocent babies..now its their turn..

Posted by: marie | April 28, 2007 10:03 PM

Great news for the seals, commisserations for the ugly hunters. Hate to say it but I will. Just deserts.

Posted by: Gayle Hyde | April 29, 2007 12:37 AM

Ok, I'm from Newfoundland, and I'd just like to say that we do NOT kill baby seals. There are age specifications that the sealers have to respect. These people are out on the ice working to support thier families, in the only way they know how. It's mainly outport communities that participate in the hunt, these people learn how to seal when they're very young, the seal hunt has been in Newfoundland for years. We have, in recent years, stopped the use of clubbing, we've realized that it's inhumane. But, wishing death on these people is inhumane towards people, people who would have nothing, no source of income without this hunt.
Grown seals are not the fluffy white cubs that you see pictures of, they're very dangerous.

I don't want you to think I'm inhumane, I'm a vegetarian, and I don't like the treatment of animals kept just to be killed for food. When it comes down to it, a very few seals dying in comparison to thier population, witout the hunt, you'd be taking away some peoples only source of income.
The seals get to live thier lives in freedom, in the wild where they are not mistreated in any way, they are killed humanely.

There have been a lot of tragedies in Newfoundland regarding boats of any kind out to sea in winter. The families of the hunters are in constant fear that something will happen to the boats. You people can put and animal's life before a person's, that's disgusting. Just because you don't agree with what they do for a living, isn't a reason to wish them dead.

Posted by: alison | April 29, 2007 07:38 AM

I could care less about the sealers (murderers)! I know that seems heartless but I believe this is poetic justice for these heartless killers!!

Posted by: Vicky | April 29, 2007 10:35 AM

woooooooooooohooooooooo!! finally someone above heard our cries for the babies!!!

Posted by: kris shulfer | April 29, 2007 06:45 PM

"Heartless killers"? "God's justice"? "I hope they don't make it back"?

What's wrong with you people? Do you realize how ignorant your comments are? I'm a Newfoundlander--I know people who work in the sealing industry and people who work for the Dept of Fisheries and Oceans...if any of you read up on the seal hunt and learned the real facts about it, you'd know it's a highly regulated and monitored hunt. It's being used as a model for many other hunts worldwide. It's been approved by the World Wildlife Federation.

The Inuit and other First Nation peoples have been hunting seals for over 4000 years--it's part of their culture, as it is ours--but I see no hatred focused on anyone else but us. This, in my opinion, is essentially a smear campaign against Newfoundland and Labrador and its people.

Congratulations on spreading hatred and misinformation. I hope you're proud of yourselves.

Posted by: Jen | April 29, 2007 09:40 PM

All I can say is God is punishing these people.
No one is wishing these people to die but they hunting is murder. There is no reason why killing innocent animals should be a way of making a living. They should get another job. There out there if they were not so lazy they would find a better job. I don't know how hunters live with themselves.
I've seen the footage they go up to the animal and bash its skull in and people say they are supporting their families. I wouldn't date a guy who hunted period because I consider those men disgusting.
Well if these hunters don't realize someone is telling them they should not be doing this than they are not very bright.

Posted by: Denise Borschell | April 29, 2007 11:42 PM

That was no accident Go God!

Posted by: Maliacoco | April 30, 2007 09:00 AM

Bwahahahaha, idiot sealers.

Posted by: Brett | April 30, 2007 12:21 PM

You know, the funniest thing is that the Canadian government has to give indirect subsidies to the sealing program, or it would go bankrupt. Now they have to spend more money to get those killers off of the ice. What a waste of tax payer money.

Posted by: Brett | April 30, 2007 12:22 PM

Alison,

I am so sorry that you have been duped into believing all that garbage.

There are countless videos on youtube.com showing the EXACT opposite of what you just said. Just go there and search for seals. It will break your heart.

They do kill baby seals, not adults. The seals are not dangerous as they can barely get away because they are so young. The age limit is at 2 weeks old, when the seals start to lose their white fur. That is why if a seal is able to get away, it usually drowns because it cannot swim.

The adults that are dangerous that you talk about are long gone before the hunt starts, except for some mother seals.

You newfies still use hakapiks to bash in their heads, and up to 42% of the seals are skinned while still conscious. The other point I want to make here is that you only use the fur, the rest of the animal's carcass is left on the ice or thrown into the sea.

The sealers get very little money from this hunt. The canadian government gave 20 million canadian dollars in direct subsidies before international pressure finally made them back down. Now they give indirect subsidies to the sealing industry, otherwise it (the industry) would go bankrupt. So you know who is actually paying for this, YOU!

You know, I really don't care if their families worry all the time. Those killers go out there knowing very well the risks, and they do it anyways.

I don't want to see anybody, or anything, die, but karma is a b*tch. The sealers are getting exactly what they deserve.

PS- Please do not bring up that it is "tradition" either. That is a load of crap. The only people that I can stand to do this hunt are the Inuit eskimo tribes. You know why? Because their survival depends on it. They use the whole animal (for food, clothing, etc.), and they are not killing thousands upon thousands of seals either. The commercial sealers are not out there for "tradition". They are there because they like to kill, and that's it.

Posted by: Brett | April 30, 2007 12:41 PM

Jen,

I am so sorry that you believe that. It is not regulated at all. The HSUS has brought over 700 video-documented cases of animal cruelty against seals and you know how many of those have been taken to court? Last I can remember it was almost none.

And you know why it is not regulated very well, because there is not enough man power to actually go with all of the sealers and make sure that they adhere to the rules. It just isn't possible. So congradulations on being ignorant to the facts and being blinded by the Canadian government and DFO.

And sure, the Inuits do hunt seals as well. But they use the WHOLE seal, as opposed to the skin and nothing else. They are dependant on it for survival. You are not. They are not killing hundreds of thousands of seals every year, you are. So that is why there is no remorse for you and your kin.

Posted by: Brett | April 30, 2007 12:48 PM

Before pointing out the error in other's ways, I suggest going on an actual seal hunt. You don't have to participate, just observe.

If I was going to write an article bashing a particular group, I would want to fully immerse myself in their lives before judging them. That would take effort and time.

I'm starting to realize that extremist groups are all the same, they just hold different opinions. There doesn't seem to be any use arguing. Everyone's too lazy or scared to meet at middle ground for logical discussion.

Ee ja nai ka

Posted by: Cody | April 30, 2007 12:56 PM

I forgot to mention as well that you can sign a petition at www.stopthesealhunt.com and voice your concern about the seal hunt. Thank you in advance to everyone who does.

Posted by: Brett | April 30, 2007 01:12 PM

I'm glad to see our Canaadian friends read this blog. I give 100 percent of my support to you guys and I am praying for the safety of the sealers.

As a certified veterinary nurse, all I want to say is that this whole sealing thing would have much less attention if the sealers were shooting the seals instead of beating them to death.

Listen, the AVMA has made it very clear that beating an animal to death is NOT a humane way to kill an animal.

If you or I beat an animal to death with a club, even something small like a rabbit or a crab, we would be arrested and thrown in prison!!

Here's my advice: Watch No Reservations with Tony Bourdain - PETA probably hates this guy. But (I think it's the Iceland episode) he shows native peoples going out to kill seals for food and warmth - THEY SHOOT THE SEAL WITH A GUN!!

There is no reason whatsoever that the sealers cannot take this small measure immediately to ensure that the seals are killed instantly.

Posted by: Maya | April 30, 2007 02:29 PM

Maya,

The sealers do shoot the seals with guns, but usually from their boats and they only wound the animal.

Most sealers don't want to shoot the seals, as the companies that buy the furs pay $2 less for every bullet hole they find.

So it is in the interest of the sealers to NOT shoot them. They get less money for the pelt if they do.

Posted by: Brett | April 30, 2007 08:18 PM

Hi Brett! Thanks for the info. Don't get me wrong, I'm a vegetarian and I am doing everything I can to boycott, sign petitions and oppose any hunt, with guns or otherwise. I am also earning a graduate degree in conservation biology.

My only point was that if the native people can still use the pelts after the seal has been shot and killed instantly, there is no excuse for the sealers to take the hit financially if its more humane to shoot them. After all they have carte blanche from the government.

Again, I do oppose the hunt. Thank you for your comments too Brett thus far, I'm glad you're posting kind and intelligent posts! :)

Posted by: Maya | May 1, 2007 11:44 AM

To Brett:

What makes you so informed, may I ask? Where are you pulling thse "facts" from? I'm not a sealer, and have never been on a hunt, that's true. But I am a Newfoundlander--I've been dealing with this type of misinformation and bigotry since grade school. As I mentioned, friends of mine are directly involved with the sealing industry, including a marine biologist who worked for the DFO, (who have not 'blinded my eyes', as you put it). It makes me sick to my stomach when people like you express hatred and condemnation for something you DO NOT understand.

And please don't use the term "Newfie" unless you are one. It's considered derogatory.

Posted by: Jen | May 1, 2007 12:13 PM

Jen,

First of all, sorry I said "Newfie". I did not mean it to be derogatory. I had a friend who lived there for 2 years, and that is how he refered to everyone, so my bad. I find it funny though that it is OK for you to say it, but not others. It's like African-americans saying the N word, but for the rest of us, it's taboo. Anyways...

It is not misinformation that I am "spreading" here. I have seen the hunt for myself, and I have read up on veterinarian reports and I know what I am talking about.

I have never seen some type of police or government body go with the sealers to make sure that they follow procedure, only the sealers on the ice with the occasional Canadian Navy ice-breaker leading the sealers to their prey.

I have seen with my own eyes the sealers hook seals that are fully conscious on their hakapiks and drag them aboard. So can you explain to me how the government is able to regulate the hunt when it spans hundreds of miles? The answer is that you cannot.

Posted by: Brett | May 2, 2007 02:29 AM

I hope those murdering bastards die out there that will teach them for killing those poor seals.The Canadian should be ashamed of themselves and i won't buy any goods made in Canada or ever holiday there until they stop the murder of these lovely seals. Human beings DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT to do this to any Animal. Go to Hell you killers and suffer big time...

Posted by: Colin Jenkins | May 2, 2007 04:56 PM

i am so glad that mother nature has stepped in and hundred of seal hunters ships are stuck in the ice. when I heard that they were stuck I jumped around so happy that 60,000 seal have been saved!!!!!!!

Posted by: kaila | May 10, 2007 10:52 PM

If I may interject to tell you what I think and know about this issue. For one, there is some information amiss here, white coat hunting has been illegal for years, if they do get killed it's not a lot of them and it is illegal so most people DON'T DO IT. secondly, the seal population is so overgrown that they are depleting their own food source, and thirdly they provide food not just some skin to sell, but in my personal oppinoin it's good to use LEFT OVER skin, i dislike people killing animals just for skin, but using left over skin to make a coat or whatever reduces waste, try to acctually know everything before you go accussing us of excesive cruelty, oh and by the way, Heather Mills pretty much put a death sentence on the pups she was petting, seals reject babys that have been touched by humans, those were white coat pups who couldn't fend for themselves and she got them abandoned, way to go Heather.

Posted by: cassandra FROM NEWFOUNDLAND | July 28, 2007 11:10 PM

To Cassandra, (above),
First of all you state that the seal population is overgrown. I don't know where you get that from because the population of the seals is down greatly and will get worse due to global warming. Thousands and thousands of baby seals died because of this alone.
secondly, you say the seals provide food. Then why is it that the sealers take the skin from the seals and then throw the rest back into the water? There is no excuse for this seal hunt and a sealer said himself in the 2007 seal hunt as follows:We all go out for the love of it rather than the money, which isn't there anymore." You say that you dislike people killing animals just for their skin then you better watch the video's on the seal hunt the past few years because then you will get the truth.You are trying very hard to find a excuse for this horrible slaughter and it is not working.

Posted by: L. Fair | September 8, 2007 06:14 PM

People that can beat an animal to death, skin it alive and then throw it's body back into the sea are sick! It is the 21st century. We have heaters, department stores to buy clothes, WALMART to buy cheap clothes if you can't afford the expensive ones so no one NEEDS fur! When I saw the PETA video of seal skining I couldn't stop crying. I don't know how anyone could ever hurt a helpless little animal.

Oh and I forgot who said it, but the seals are not over populated. There numbers are decreasing every year and global warming is not helping either.

In a perfect world I would say, I hope the sealers get rescued and go home to their families and get a new job....but that won't happen. They will continue to kill baby seals brutely and so I hope they die out there and suffer just like the seals do. Karma's a bitch.

Posted by: kathleen ac | February 10, 2008 02:23 AM

We all live in the UK and signed the petition to stop the hunting last year and this year.
I am really pleased the hunters are trapped and i don't care what happens to them, if they die out there its poetic justice as they would have murdered defenceless seals who hadn't had a chance to live.
As it is the rest of them are now safe, i just wish they had got trapped sooner to save the lives of others.
They say the coastguard is working to save them, they are so lucky.
Does the coastguard care about the slaughter of animals?
This is a great day for animals.

Posted by: Ria, Fiona, Peta, Margaret, Jareth, Molly | March 9, 2008 02:15 PM

I have talked to a number of ex pat Newfoundlanders in Calgary on this issue. I have heard many of the people that live on the islands aren't able to buy food from the store because the ferry doesn't come. Therefore hunting seals is necessary. Oh by the way Colin Jenkins do you think it's necessary to boycott our exports just because a small group of people on the East Coast do this to survive?

Posted by: Allan Hopkins | April 5, 2008 09:08 PM