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| gimmekeef |
Macca and his wife are up in Canada stirring up the seal thing again.They better watch out or one of those Canuck hunters will use Heathers leg for the first kill!....
Paul McCartney hands back an autograph as he and his wife Heather Mills McCartney make their way...
McCartneys Join Effort to End Seal Hunt
Thursday, March 2, 2006 9:05 AM EST
The Associated Press
By BETH DUFF-BROWN
CHARLOTTETOWN, Prince Edward Island (AP) — Opponents of Canada's seal hunt have a powerful ally in their bid to end the annual slaughter: Paul McCartney, who has pledged to take to the ice floes and frolic with the doe-eyed pups before the harvest gets under way.
The former Beatle and his wife, Heather Mills McCartney, arrived Wednesday night in this small fishing community on Canada's Atlantic coast and intend to land a helicopter on the ice in the Gulf of St. Lawrence on Thursday if weather permits.
The longtime animal-rights activists want to publicize the plight of the fluffy white pups, which are calved and weaned from their mothers on the frigid ice before being clubbed to death.
The United States has banned Canadian seal products since 1972 and the European Union banned the white pelts of baby seals in 1983.
The British government is also considering banning the import of seal goods. Groups such as Respect for Animals and the Humane Society of the United States, which are coordinating the McCartneys' visit, are encouraging people to boycott Canadian seafood as a show of solidarity.
"I think the McCartneys are two of the most visible people in the world, and with them drawing attention to the fact that this hunt is still going on, this is going to get that message out across the world," said Rebecca Aldworth, who will be observing and documenting her seventh seal hunt for the Humane Society.
Aldworth said the McCartneys quizzed her long and hard about the annual harvest, including the economic benefits that sealing brings to the local fishermen, whose livelihoods were devastated when the Atlantic Ocean cod stocks dried up in the mid 1990s.
The Canadian government endorses the harvest as a cultural right for many Maritimers and announced a hunting management plan in 2003 with a quota of 975,000 seals over three years.
About 325,000 seal pups were killed during the hunt last year, bringing the local fishermen $14.5 million in supplemental income, which they say their families badly need during the winter offseason.
The dates for the spring leg of the hunt have yet to be announced as the unseasonably mild temperatures in northeastern Canada have made the ice thin.
Federal Fisheries Minister Loyola Hearn said Canada would not terminate the annual hunt and insisted it is the most regulated mammal harvest in the world. The government says the country's seal population is abundant, estimating there are 5 million harp seals.
"I would encourage Mr. McCartney when he comes here to see the effect this is having on the economy and to realize this is sustaining people in their home communities," Hearn said.
Aboriginal and Inuit subsistence and commercial hunters begin the kill Nov. 15 in Canada's vast expanse of frozen northern waters. The spring leg of the commercial hunt starts in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and then moves to the Atlantic Ocean about 30-40 miles away from Newfoundland.
Harp seals have been hunted commercially off Newfoundland since the early 1700s. They were first harvested for their oil, but now are culled mostly for their pelts, sold mostly for the fashion industry in Norway, China and Russia.
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| Saint Sway |
Quick!!! Someone call the Super Hero's Hall of Justice and summon Bono to this cause immediately!!!! Alert the Bono Signal!!! |
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| Nellcote |
Macca is to visit the area tomorrow.
Here's hoping there's a one day global warming thaw... |
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| lotsajizz |
I hope his friggin' chopper gets stranded and he and his wife are forced a choice between hunger and baby seal fritters....
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| glencar |
Well, Macca & the Mrs. will always be idiots but even a broken clock is right twice a day... |
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| Break The Spell |
I wonder if Macca and Bono hang with Ted Nugent much?? It seems to me like they'd have a lot in common. |
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| Maxlugar |
I hope a super intelligent seal couple grabs Mrs. McCartney’s wooden leg and beats them to death, skins them and raise their young in toasty warm Macca pouches.
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| glencar |
Macca's pouches have been surgically removed... |
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| jb |
Macca and Bono, not the poor seals, should be clubbed, proceessed, and sent via the UN to african babies ........ |
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| glencar |
Yes, leave the seals alone but bash Macca. With the wooden leg of #2 wife! |
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| Joey |
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glencar wrote:
Yes, leave the seals alone but bash Macca. With the wooden leg of #2 wife!
Didn't the late John Candy ( R.I.P. ) once star in a " Second City Television " skit about Baby Seals ?!?!
Didn't .................. ?!?!
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| glencar |
quote:
Joey wrote:
Didn't the late John Candy ( R.I.P. ) once star in a " Second City Television " skit about Baby Seals ?!?!
Didn't .................. ?!?!
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That man could play fat & dance like a mutha! |
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| glencar |
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glencar wrote:
That man could play fat & dance like a mutha!
Oh wait, that was Chris Farley. Now I'm double verklempt! |
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| Joey |
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glencar wrote:
That man could play fat & dance like a mutha!
He is now taking a Dirt Nap ( see : Don Knotts ) |
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| glencar |
Lotsa celebs died. Where oh where will we get more of them from? And will Knotts be featured on that "dead stars" reel at the Oscars? |
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| Joey |
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glencar wrote:
Lotsa celebs died. Where oh where will we get more of them from? And will Knotts be featured on that "dead stars" reel at the Oscars?
Yes ! ( See : Marlon Brando & Ronald Reagan at last years Oscar Telecast )
The Joey has no intention of even watching much of this year's telecast as Jon Stewart is no " Chris Rock " and " Brokeback Mountain " is no " Million Dollar Baby " .
I also feel quite ' bloated ' this morning / afternoon .
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| Saint Sway |
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glencar wrote:
That man could play fat & dance like a mutha!
did he wear a cape? |
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| glencar |
Last weekend when I went skiing, a kid on a snowboard yelled"Hey I'm a seal!" and went down the mountain on his belly with his feet up & his hands over his head. That was funny. You sir are losing your touch. |
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| glencar |
LOL My above post was directed at Joey. SSway never had a touch. |
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| Lazy Bones |
Way to go, Paul!
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| glencar |
Hopefully that's not about to be clubbed! |
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| Gimme Shelter |
I, for one, hope Paul can make a difference. |
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| glencar |
Well, surprise surprise, so do I! |
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| Lazy Bones |
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Gimme Shelter wrote:
I, for one, hope Paul can make a difference.
Me, too. If anyone ever saw video of this cruel tactic, your heart would stop. How anyone can include themselves in this - for the sake of money - is beyond my ability of understanding human compassion. |
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| Gimme Shelter |
Yeah, its horrible. I've got to admit I'm an animal lover, and I cannot fathom how someone could do this. |
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| Break The Spell |
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Gimme Shelter wrote:
Yeah, its horrible. I've got to admit I'm an animal lover, and I cannot fathom how someone could do this.
For some, I suppose, its all about profit, and they don't care who or what stands in their way. |
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| Ten Thousand Motels |
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Gimme Shelter wrote:
I, for one, hope Paul can make a difference.
In this case, I hope so too. |
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| Egbert |
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Saint Sway wrote:
Quick!!! Someone call the Super Hero's Hall of Justice and summon Bono to this cause immediately!!!! Alert the Bono Signal!!!
BV to the rescue! |
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| Egbert |
There's gotta be a more humane way of going about it than clubbing the poor things to death. |
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| Saint Sway |
later that day, Macca & the seal joined Linkin Park and Jay Z in a passionate version of "Yesterday".
the seal stole the show. He had the best voice.
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