Given all the meat eaters in the UK, why would Paul McCartney come to Newfoundland to denounce the seal hunt?
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For some reason that is completely beyond me killing a seal is in some way more offensive than slaughtering a baby cow, or shooting Bambi.\n\nIt is more or less a ploy for the celebrity to keep their name in the news, thus maintaining that feeling of fame.
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Different people hunt for different resons. Here is mine. I eat meat. Meat comes from two sources. Farms where they are fenced in or penned up and then hauled off to be killed and cut up for sell in the store. Meat from this source is ok, but there is the issue of growth hormones in the feed and so on and fat content. The other way to get meat for eatin is by hunting. The meat from here is running wild and free and often times goes without gettin taken by the hunter. The meat is leaner and taste better to me and i know how it was handled afterwards. I know it was kept clean and processed right. I cant know how store bought meat was handled before i buy it. \n     Some people hunt with their minds toward trohpies or in the case of varmit hunting it is target shooting and maybe population control of a animal that is sometimes desctructive to property and maybe other wild animals. I dont hunt for trophies and i dont use animals for displays of my shootin abilities. I hunt for meat/food. And i will also shoot a coyote from time to time as they play hell with the baby deer in the spring and have really run down the groundhog population here. In some ways coyotes are a non native animal to indiana.\n     If people didnt hunt deer there would many more deer/car wrecks which might be you or someone you care about being hurt or killed. Ive seen cases where deer have overpopulated and starved themselves in a location. I dont like the hunting shows on TV. They give a bad impression of whats really going on. There are people who hunt who i dont like, and i dont like their wreckless attitude, but hunting in the right way and for the right reasons is not a bad thing. It is just not for everyone i guess.\n        shane
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I am so sick of people comparing the seals to cows and pigs.  First of all the question was about SEALS not COWS.  People eat cows, people don't eat seals (trust me I know this.)  These animals are killed for their fur, penis's, and oil.  They are clubbed and shot.  When they are shot the hunters only shoot them once (they loose money each bullet hole found in the seal) the seal may be there for as long as 6 hours suffering.  For what?  So some rich person can wear a fur coat?  I am Canadian but am totally against it.  The other thing that people miss understand is the sealers DO NOT have to do this to survive.  That is a flat out lie.  I have spoken to ex sealers and they even say that's bull.  I could go on and on why it's wrong but I won't.  It's something that in the 21 century doesn't need to be happening.
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The only instance of animals dying in the ANWR is the caribou because they pass a pipe site, it was a coincedence that they were killed, it really won't affect the animals. Also, with the war and everything prices are going to be high for a long time, a private supply would give us oil for a long time! If you were at my school watching my groups presentation on why we should drill you would've had a more elaborate reason, sorry i can't give you more reasons, don't have the time.
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Many states have strict laws against hunting with your vehicle.  It gives the hunter an unfair advantage and usually creates more problems.  Most of the time there will be damage to private property (driving through someones fields)  I know in Alaska when someone hits a moose (trust me, NOBODY would do this on purpose!) the state troopers call local churches and charities to see if they want the carcass.  If there is not a non-profit to take the animal, they call private citizens who have placed themselves on a waiting list to get "roadkill".  Many people will not take a road killed animal because of the chance of the stomach and intestines having burst.  If the stomach or intestines(well, almost any internal organ) burst, they spill toxic chemicals like bile and stomach acids into the meat, spoiling it for consumption.  Many people feel real hunters don't need to use something as large as a car or truck.
1007109
Wow, isn't that kind of mean of him?  Why would he steer hurricanes anywhere but out to sea where they can't bother anyone?  That seems pretty jerky to me...
1014002
well they are wild animals so there's always the possibility that seals can be aggressive. the leopard seal which generally lives in Antarctica has been known to kill humans. however, seals are also known to be playful, so it could have been curious and gone to check you out :)
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Because for some reason its manly to track down defenseless animals with high-capacity weapons.  I dont really see whats so toughguy about it when you basically sit on your ass waiting for something to happen by (either animal or lawyer).  Except for hauling the beer and pulling the carcass from the woods, there isnt type of manual labor involved.  If you eat what you kill thats fine, its the "treating animals as target practice" I find wrong.
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Coz Tony Blair is a major butt kisser
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WELL. I WILL LIVE IN THE ARCTIC AREA (NORTH POLE) SO AS TO BE AWAY FROM THE WHOLE HATRED IN THIS WORLD.I DO NOT THINK THAT SALMON FISH OR BEARS HAVE KNOWN THESE FEELINGS YET.
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No, they won't be outraged.  Somehow it will be the fault of "neo-cons" who are Gore bashing and don't have any proof that he is wrong.  It's easy to mislead people with fear.  Especially when you say things like "the polar ice caps are melting more rapidly than ever and will lose significant portions of land mass in the next ten years!"  Okay, what does that mean?  How much is it losing relative to its mass?  Where are your numbers?  Oh, I forgot, numbers don't SUPPORT their arguments.  Why must we suffer the ignorance of fools?
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I don't know, I'm Canadian and I don't approve of it. Those little baby seals are sooo cute and shouldn't be killed.
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Honey, you nailed it. There is nothing wrong with it.  I personally think hunters have gotton a bad rep because of the booze hound idiots that tie the dead deer to the hood of the car like a buick ornament. Which i believe to be very disrespectful to such a beautiful creature.  My sweetie hunts every weekend, and because of that I havnt bought ground beef in over 3 years.  He doesnt go "killin" for sport.  He does it for the meat. You are right. The population, unchecked would be devastating for the environment.  People that are too damn sensitive, think its "cruel" and "mean".  But these are the same people that enjoy a good veal steak without a second thought as to the misery they put that animal through and the hormones and antibiotics they are consuming. They probably wear fur coats too, and i wont get into how barbaric a practice that is.  Not to mention, hunting is a wonderful recreation. It teaches patience, respect, safety, and a general appreciation for nature to young folks.  SO no, there is nothing wrong with hunting.  And dont let anyone tell you otherwise.
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The story does not stand up to scrutiny and Fundamentalist Christians are easily embarrassed by it.\n\n(a) Were all 8 species of tiger on there? (some have now become extinct but there were eight), If so, how come they didn't attack, kill, eat and thereby drive into extinction, their traditional prey?\n\n(b) Same question as regards lions. The presence of lions would terrify other occupants of the boat. Even lion faeces has this effect.\n\n(c) With the flood waters rising rapidly, how did Noah, lacking any engine room (not even an outboard motor), manage to nip over to Australia to save the koala and kangaroo, or Latin America to save the llama, or China to save the panda?\n\n(d) There must be hundreds of breeds of dogs recognised by the Kennel Club? Were they all aboard? And if it was just a pair of breeding golden labradors, how come we have Great Danes and chihuahas?\n\nChristians are a bit stuck to explain these things.\n\nThey can't say God created them after the Flood, because, allegedly, there was just one Creation, and no afterthoughts,\n\nNor can they claim "they developed later" because they would be conceding there was such a thing as evolution, which the fundamentalists deny.\n\nAnd the most obvious flaw in the story is the size of the Ark. Was it 30 cubitts x 60 (as I recall)? A couple of camels, a pair of elephants and a brace of buffalo and you'd be fairly full already. The giraffes would have to be on deck, you couldn't stow them in the hold. So how come they all packed into one boat? Realistically Noah would have needed a Dunkirk flotilla of little boats, each with its own crew and skipper, to achieve the conservation of every species on earth.\n\nPS as pandas only eat bamboo, and the whole world was purportedly flooded, not just the lowlying coastal areas, how come there were bamboo supplies ready and available for them, when the flood receded? If there wasn't any bamboo, they would now be extinct, woukdn't they?
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I'm sthuper seriel. Shut up why don't you take him super seriel, he just wants to be taken serielly. ;(\n\nmanbearpig is the current threat to this world, and al gore killed him :). Don't make fun of gore!\n\nPleath take me seriely :(
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Animals have loads of rights in the UK, you really don't realise how other countries in Europe don't give a damn about animals. Take France for example, over there it's the hunters go on marchs, do petitions, being militants for more hunting rights!\nSo you see how well off animals are these days in the UK?
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Depends on what species of seal you are talking about. Generally speaking, mankind has killed the ocean by means of pollution and fishing, and every mammal species living in the ocean is endangered.