L'horrible chasse au phoque Gris, filmée par la HSUS

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February 25, 2008


1,200 bébés phoques Gris ont été abattus en Nouvelle-Écosse (Canada)

Le mois prochain, ce sera au tour des bébés phoques du Groenland (Québec, Terre-Neuve...)

Thousands Slaughtered as Nova Scotia Opens Protected Sanctuary to Seal Hunters

HALIFAX — Humane Society International/Canada today released footage documenting the slaughter of grey seals on Hay Island, Nova Scotia. The government of Nova Scotia and the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans colluded to allow the hunt to take place on Hay Island, part of the protected Scaterie Island Wildlife Area, during the past two weeks.

"In the 10 years I have observed commercial seal hunting in Canada, this was the most violent slaughter I have seen," said Rebecca Aldworth, director of animal programs for Humane Society International/Canada. "Sealers herded the pups into groups, clubbed the moulted pups with wooden bats and cut them open with box cutters. One of the most heartbreaking images was the mothers trying to put themselves between their babies and the sealers."


Representatives from Humane Society International/Canada and the Atlantic Canadian Anti-Sealing Coalition reached the island by inflatable, filming the slaughter at close range.

The controversial decision to open Hay Island to seal hunters followed intensive lobbying of the federal and provincial government from the fishing industry, which claims grey seals are inhibiting recovery of some fish stocks.

Under the Wilderness Areas Protection Act, the Nova Scotia Minister of Environment can only allow hunting on Hay Island if it is proven it will aid in the restoration of indigenous biodiversity of the protected area. However, neither the DFO nor the Nova Scotia government have offered any evidence that grey seals negatively impact the ecology of Hay Island or fish stocks in surrounding waters.

"The fishing industry is trying to use grey seals as a scapegoat for its own destructive fishing practices," said Aldworth. "But Canadian government scientists have confirmed over-fishing, not seals, is responsible for fish stock depletion in the northwest Atlantic. The decision to turn this nature preserve into an open-air slaughter house is a betrayal of every citizen of Nova Scotia."

By 1949, the grey seal population was considered extirpated in the Gulf of St. Lawrence as a direct result of commercial hunting. In recent years, the population has slowly begun to recover. While the DFO has attempted to position this slow recovery as an increase in the population, grey seals numbers are still very low.

"This is just more evidence of the depths to which the DFO will sink to appease fishing industry interests. But with international boycotts of Canadian seafood steadily gaining momentum because of commercial seal hunting, it is the fishermen who will ultimately pay the price," said Aldworth.

Broadcast-ready b-roll and still images are available for download here.
vidéos et photos

http://hsus.org/press_and_publications/press_releases/grey_seal_massacre_filmed_022508.html

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Vous pouvez regarder la vidéo car c'est des photos qui sont diffusées dans la vidéo!


Video chasse phoques Gris : http://video.hsus.org/linking/index.jsp?skin=oneclip&fr_story=55e0248a275486840fdeca626eca87685c0a3cfe&rf=ev&hl=true