Canada's Carnage Continues

hey typo in my first comment- should read (seals from 1-14 days old.)

I support the seal hunt and stampede. you always say that seals are being killed by hakapiks, but this is not true. The only people allowed to hunt them with hakapiks are first nations. you make it sound like the hunt is wasteful, but it is not. most of the meat and oil gos to southern asia. also, on your childrens website, you say that baby seals are being hunted this is not true at all. the hunting of whitecoats (seals from 1-14 years old) has been illegal for decades. It seems quite unethical that you would feed children lies. if you look at the number of horses being killed at the stampede, you will see that it is going up. this is because more and more untrained drivers are entering the arena, solely for the almighty dollar. you should not want the stampede cancelled, or boycott it. you should instead petition for only trained people to drive the chuckwagons. Melinda Chedid: the seal hunt is very important to my culture (I am First Nations). By never going to Canada because of traditions of cultures other than yours, you are being quite closed-minded. Archie: i find it apalling that you are telling PETA to attack people of your own nationality. Rev. Meg Schramm: Look at the amount of murders by firearms in your country, and then ours. We only want Canada to be safe for tourists, and ourselves. The reason they held you up at the border so long, is because your husband had a criminal record and a firearm, which could be deemed suspicious. I find it strange that because of this one incident, you refuse to visit canada. arent holy leaders supposed to be open-minded? Andrea: banning the seal hunt and closing the stampede would be much more of a financial loss. Patricia allen: rodeos and the seal hunt are very canadian. they developed as part of our culture, by combining the past with the present. the seal hunt has been going on for thousand of years. banning it would be detrimental to my culture, as well as yours. Our Culture. Margarita: i agree with you. each culture has its own way of mistreating animals, but we all have diferent opinions and definitions of animal abuse. Kirsten: yes, the deaths were partly due to human error, but they were also partly due to the horses. Jessica: where did you hear that most canadians find this cruel and horrifying? your family? your community? they both shape us and mold us into who we are today. by saying most canadians oppose it is not true and is a generalization. E: Thank you for saying attack the act, not the country. As above, each culture has their own definitions of animal abuse. however, i do not think we should attack the act. We should fix it. Lauren: the seal hunt and rodeos being terrible are your own opinion, which you are entitled to. As above, almost the whole country are not against the acts, a generalization. I agree, Canadas Carnage is a little harsh, but it draws the reader in. you are right. we are all equals and should work together. I think that hunting is OK as long as you use all the parts. However, i fail to see your connection between us all being almost the same genetically and animals being abused by a very small number of the world population being all of our fault. please clarify. Thank you for your time.

Why do you oppose the seal hunt? It has been going on for thousands of years by my people. Taking it away would be detrimental to our culture. Without it, we would have few ways to support ourselves.

Archie and E well said! I am proudly Canadian because we live in a beautiful country with many benefits and freedom. Yes there are horrible things like the seal hunt and rodeos that happen in our country but these events are small organizations within a huge country. I think it is just horrible that anyone would blame our entire country when the majority of our population is against such inhumane acts. And "Canada's Carnage Continues" sounds like our country is oh so terrible. There are TWO stories on PETA This one and the ones about seal hunting. The United States is not any better. We are all equals and we should all work together... It is also very rude to say that you will never visit Canada again because of this. Does this mean I should NEVER visit America again because of the way The McDonald's corporation treats animals or the methods American Circuses use or even the way that your military uses animals for their training which leads to the deaths of other human beings? NO because that has nothing to do with the general population! Our country does not allow guns unless you have a permit which is very hard to get here. In America you have the right to bear arms so there is far far more hunting of wild animals. So how is seal hunting any worse than killing say deer or any wild animal in that matter? It is all equally unacceptable and no country should be blamed or "worse than another". Our world is a family we are all human beings we are all 99.9 genetically the same so therefore we are all at fault for the ways that animals are being treated because it is still going on.