I’ve always loved Canada. Being a laid-back, easy-going sort, I’ve always felt very much at ease in Canada. If I could lived anywhere I wanted, Vancouver, BC would be right at the top of my list. Then there’s the whole hockey thing. Yeah, I love the Great White North.
Of course, every year about this time, something happens in Canada that absolutely sickens me. No, I’m not talking about the Toronto Maple Leafs missing out on the Stanley Cup playoffs AGAIN (and what’s up with that??). I’m talking about Canada’s annual commercial seal hunt, perhaps the single most inhumane example of rampant brutality in North America today. That a country as advanced and “civilized” as Canada still feels the need to “cull” (code for “brutally inhumane slaughter”) seals pups sometimes mere days or weeks old is something that simply defies any sort of even remotely coherent logic.
The most disturbing aspect of the seal hunt is that it is both tolerated and promoted by the Canadian government. This season, up to 275,000 seals with be brutally slaughtered. Anyone familiar with the hunt is also familiar with the reality that the hunt is not a quick and painless process. Given the often extremely inclement conditions the hunt is often conducted in, it can be difficult and at times impossible to kill a seal quickly and “humanely”. The reality is that seals suffer.
In the past, I’ve used images of the seal hunt to make a political point, but brutally murdering 275,000 defenseless seals is an indefensibly cruel campaign that cannot be justified under ANY circumstances. It’s time that the Canadian government removed it’s anterior from it’s posterior and did the right thing. This inhumane travesty must stop, and it must stop NOW. This sort of behavior is unworthy of one of the world’s best examples of peace, order, and good government, and it continues to be a yearly stain on Canada’s character and international reputation.
Enough is enough. Stop the killng.
