People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals got a taste of its own tactics as one of its seal hunt supporters was pied in St. John's, N.L., today.
A woman wearing a seal suit was waiting for Prime Minister Stephen Harper to arrive for a speech when a man in a yellow salty dog suit approached.
The seal hunt supporter shoved a cream pie into the woman's face after knocking off the head of her seal costume.
The man then took off down the street.
Twenty-one-year-old Emily Lavender said she was happy to take a pie in the face for her cause.
PETA took credit earlier this week for hitting federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea in the face with a pie to protest her support for sealing.
Lavender held a sign that said: "Harper Stop the Seal Slaughter" as a handful of seal hunt supporters counter protested.
Lavender doesn't think it was over the line to pie Shea.
"It was a little tofu on her face," she said. "It's not nearly as embarrassing as the blood on her hands. And it's time she stop supporting the largest massacre of marine mammals on the planet."
Wallace Ryan of St. John's told Lavender to leave, that she was embarrassing herself.
He wore a T-shirt that said: "If seals were ugly, nobody would give a damn."
"We're here to point out that PETA has incited violence and hate against Newfoundland and Labrador for years," he said.
Sealers rely on the spring hunt economically, Ryan said, and PETA has no right to interfere.
PETA supporter hit with pie outside N.L. hotel where Harper speaking
A supporter of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) gets pied in downtown St. Johns today by Salty Dog, the Downhome mascot. The PETA member, Emily Lavender, 21, was in town to protest the seal hunt to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who is s
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- Dianne
- - July 2nd, 2010 at 13:34:06
hahaha! great picture
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- up4discussion
- - July 2nd, 2010 at 13:30:59
I support Gail Shea, AND, the Newfoundland Seal Fishery 100%
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- seal hunter
- - July 2nd, 2010 at 13:29:21
too bad I never had some notice. I would have taken a bottle of seal meat from the pantry, got the misses to make a nice seal pie / gravey and mailed it off to the pie slinger for todays activities. A seal pie in the face would have been more effective.
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- Nasty
- - July 2nd, 2010 at 13:20:20
You know that things like this are still a crime. When will we see the arrest of ole Salty Dog? This must be done to restore the publics faith in the RNC.
But it sure is funny anyway you look at it ;) And I could careless either way on the Seal issue. Should have saved it for Happy Harper though. -
- Wallace
- - July 2nd, 2010 at 13:19:50
Run, Salty Dog, run!!!!!!!!!!!
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- Ross
- - July 2nd, 2010 at 13:19:43
What a brave young woman, going into the fire, and standing up for abused Earthlings. And don't BS me guys about making a living from this. We here all know how marginal this is, and that seal watching instead of seal slaughtering would ultimately be more sustainable for us.
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- Taxpayer lV
- - July 2nd, 2010 at 13:15:34
This should play right into their hands, this is what they were hoping we would do.
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- Bill
- - July 2nd, 2010 at 13:11:58
LOves it.
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- Wicked Good
- - July 2nd, 2010 at 13:11:13
See PM Harper, we are defending YOUR minister of fisheries Gail Shea !
U owe us 1. -
- Dianne
- - July 1st, 2010 at 20:23:09
hahaha! great picture
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- up4discussion
- - July 1st, 2010 at 20:19:12
I support Gail Shea, AND, the Newfoundland Seal Fishery 100%
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- seal hunter
- - July 1st, 2010 at 20:16:48
too bad I never had some notice. I would have taken a bottle of seal meat from the pantry, got the misses to make a nice seal pie / gravey and mailed it off to the pie slinger for todays activities. A seal pie in the face would have been more effective.
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- Nasty
- - July 1st, 2010 at 20:02:59
You know that things like this are still a crime. When will we see the arrest of ole Salty Dog? This must be done to restore the publics faith in the RNC.
But it sure is funny anyway you look at it ;) And I could careless either way on the Seal issue. Should have saved it for Happy Harper though. -
- Wallace
- - July 1st, 2010 at 20:02:10
Run, Salty Dog, run!!!!!!!!!!!
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- Ross
- - July 1st, 2010 at 20:01:57
What a brave young woman, going into the fire, and standing up for abused Earthlings. And don't BS me guys about making a living from this. We here all know how marginal this is, and that seal watching instead of seal slaughtering would ultimately be more sustainable for us.
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- Taxpayer lV
- - July 1st, 2010 at 19:55:08
This should play right into their hands, this is what they were hoping we would do.
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- Bill
- - July 1st, 2010 at 19:48:53
LOves it.
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- Wicked Good
- - July 1st, 2010 at 19:47:38
See PM Harper, we are defending YOUR minister of fisheries Gail Shea !
U owe us 1.
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