Canada plans grey seal cull/burn after attacks on seal market (lobby, cost)

[arctichomesteader]

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Grey seal mess a result of seal product market attacks, says Fur Institute
May 28, 2010

by Fur Institute of Canada

Ottawa, May 28, 2010 - A Department of Fisheries and Ocean’s plan to cull and incinerate up to 220,000 grey seals off Nova Scotia’s sable island is an example of an ecological “mess” created by the animal-rights movement against the sustainable-use of seal products, says the Fur Institute of Canada.

The plan, which could cost Canadian taxpayers up to $35 million, involves either a large-scale kill and disposal of grey seals, or a targeted contraception program aimed at Canada’s grey seal population, which has grown to 300,000 strong and is now considered a danger to the recovery of threatened groundfish stocks.

According to the Fur Institute, all industry efforts to utilize the animals in accordance with government-set quotas have failed in recent years, due in large part to the strong animal-rights lobby against the use of the animals.

Unintended consequences, for the animal rights types.

[GregW]

So the Grey Seals are competing with the commercial fishermen. Big Deal.

We humans should stop hunting both seals and fish and cover ourselves with Polar Fleece live on farmed stocks of fish.

[arctichomesteader]

Originally Posted by GregW

So the Grey Seals are competing with the commercial fishermen. Big Deal.

We humans should stop hunting both seals and fish and cover ourselves with Polar Fleece live on farmed stocks of fish.

How many animals and fish are dying in the gulf so people can wear that petroleum based fleece rather than fur?

Overpopulated predators=destruction of prey population. The seals are out of control in some areas.

[Annemieke Roell]

Nothing new here. Grey seal culls by Sable Island have been done many many years