Each year, I get an alert from the Humane Society of the United States, and each year I hope that it is the last time, but it seems like there never will be a last time. The senseless killing of baby seals in Canada began this morning at 2:48 AM Pacific Time, opening yet another season of one of the most unnecessary slaughter of animals by man.
Seal hunters, "regulated" by the Canadian government, are allowed to enter the nurseries where the baby seals are being raised and allowed to club to death 280,000 seals for their fur. It's a good thing we don't have fur, well, at least some of us. I wonder if we'd be clubbing each other to steal each other's fur. We do it to steal other things from each other, right? What if someone's fur was nicer than yours, or would keep you warmer than yours...would you kill them for it? We're killing baby seals to steal their fur.
The worse part is, we are at a point where mankind can manufacture synthetic furs, which truly has made this slaughter of these baby seals completely and totally unnecessary. Seal hunters claim that it is their livelihood, and I get that...I mean, I am sure that I could make a good deal of money clubbing people to death, especially some particular people, but I don't, because that is wrong. Plain and simple.
Each year a large group of Americans, Canadians, and people around the world, call for the Canadian government to end this practice, and each year, they give the same lip service, do nothing, then throughout the year are sure to point out everything that is wrong with America.
I'll let my rant end there, but I encourage you to visit www.hsus.org to learn more about what the Humane Society of the United States is doing to help stop the seal hunt.
