Moving in for the kill

MJ

- April 24, 2012 at 19:11:13

This is a good article. Times are changing, and we all need to figure out a way forward. A way that allows people to keep food on the table and a roof over their heads. And let IFAW and the others start focusing on slaughterhouses and factory farms, which are serious issues.

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neil hill

- April 24, 2012 at 11:45:49

kinda sad how activist are only concerned about seals,guess they know they can pick on us newfies,let them try the same bull--it with the slaughter houses in th USA,which as everyone knows is far more cruel and inhuman than the seal hunt will ever be.The Cattlemen of the US would fix them in a big hurry,kinda sad we didn't become another state.Got a feeling things would be a whole lot different,if we had.

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Christine

- April 23, 2012 at 23:18:40

A Newfie will never be seen as anything but a Newfie until you stop killing seals. You people are a disgrace to Canada. Move on and better yourselves! 

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  CHRIST-She's-Stund-INE

  - April 25, 2012 at 15:20:04

  Now there is a comment for the record books Christine. Before your two brain cells rubbed together to formulate this brilliant piece of information, I was completely unaware that killing seals made me a Newfie a Newfie. You must be from the mainland darling. A mainlander will never be seen as anything but a mainlander until you stop being stupid. Add this to your daily blog ya boob!! You are what is truely disgraceful to Canada and Canadians alike and please feel free to move, but forget about bettering yourself, you have long missed that boat :D

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  MYLES

  - April 25, 2012 at 20:29:00

  U make me sick with your comment ''did you finish school''newfies are the smartest people in our country.i dare you to live in, ''newfoundland and labador ''only then will you see how much of a disgrace you are to our country.

DENISE PEAR IN

- April 23, 2012 at 13:08:49

Come on Denise, is that the best you got..."Animals don't reproduce themselves out of food"?? Really? Let's take a step back and have you check your facts for a minute, overfishing was a huge problem...key word WAS. Taken it's place is...give her a moment folks...seals. Seals not only eat cod fish, but also the food cod fish depend on. And seals eat more cod predator then they do cod? When was the last time you saw a seal eating another seal, that would be something for you green money grabbers to get a photo of. Get real, the major predators of cod is man and seal...and both seal and green man are taking one of the two out of the equation. Just guess which one Denise, you are a bright girl? Pass along the pipe that you are smoking from, I could use a day in your shoes!!

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Duffy

- April 23, 2012 at 11:32:10

I agree the Animal Rights Groups are sometimes out of control. However, they are right that the Seal Hunt for commercial purposes is all but over - it is a dreamer who thinks it will come back. Sadly - they won this one in the Americas and the overseas markets. Government Buyout - maybe it is time to stop those Welfare Programs. Gee! My carpenter business is having a hard time so why doesn't the government buy me out. My Grandfather knit rope nets and made wagon wheels and based on that I should have a right to carry on that tradition and be supported by the government - get real! Sad to say but sometimes we have to move on and look for other opportunities - even if that means moving. We can't all work across the street and live in Moms back yard.

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Blaine

- April 23, 2012 at 11:10:24

Our government (Federally and Provincially) should be directing our humanitarian monies that go to organizations to "Feed the Hungry" and re-invest in providing seal meat to feed them. Together, we can achieve a healthy hunt with providing food for the hungry. A nice canning factory and jobs for all. WIN WIN!!

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cookie

- April 23, 2012 at 10:14:56

if the prostesters r so concerned over the killing of seals y don;t they just pay the seal huntters the same money they make from seal huntting and maybe they will stay in from the seal hunt in other words (protesters) put your money where your mouth is

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John

- April 23, 2012 at 09:50:41

Wow they are back. People like Sheryl Fink et al. I would love to relocate them to the world of sealing. Fisher people trying to make a living, feed their families, enjoy their way of life and we have the likes of Sheryl Fink travelling in great comfort over 900 miles off NL. Her views are pathetic and I challenge her to spend five years along a community in the north without funding from the International Humane Society. She'd never make it Folks.

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jeff

- April 23, 2012 at 08:40:11

I agree with Jack. Those animal welfare groups are nothing but money grabbin terrorists. They are all worried about the seals whose population is out of control, but you don't see them complaining about the cod who at one time were on the nrink of extinction. Which one is cuter and nets them more money. They should be labled as terrorists and arrested the second they try to enter Canada.

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  Denise Perrin

  - April 23, 2012 at 10:36:28

  Cookie, we're working on it. Of the few fishermen who still go out to kill seals, many are interested in a buyout. Gov't keeps promising supposed comeback, but sealers are getting tired of that. Jeff, what about the groups who don't except money? Just volunteers? Cod stock issue relating to seals has already been disproven. You're burping back what you're told without finding out for yourself. Animals don't reproduce themselves out of food. Overfishing by Canada on the other hand, is well-documented. (and seals eat more cod predator than they do cod.) Even though DFO admits 80% pups drown last yr. due to poor ice conditions, they still try to act as if seals are crowding the streets and mall parking lots. and John...well, that's just weak.