Seal Hunt CNW: Government of Labrador and Newfoundland

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Que ce soit des images de bébés phoques de quelques jours ou des images de bébés phoques de 12 jours qui sont montrées, où est la différence ? En plus, ils oublient de dire ces salauds, qu'ils tuent aussi des blanchons qui n'ont même pas fini de muer... Ils leur reste encore la moitié de leur fourrure blanche sur dos ! Quelle hypocrisie !!!!!!!!!!!

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Thu Mar 17, 2005 9:54 am
Seal Hunt CNW: Government of Labrador and Newfoundland


Attention News Editors:

White coat seals manipulated in lobby groups' fundraising campaign

ST. JOHN'S, NL, Canada, March 16 /CNW/ - "White coats" have not been
harvested since 1987, but there is evidence that they are being exploited by
the anti-sealing interest groups who profit from Eastern Canada's seal
harvest.

It has long been recognized in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and
Labrador that the white coat (which references a harp seal's white fur that
molts away after approximately three weeks) is a critical component to some
lobbyists' fundraising campaigns. A harvesting and trading ban of white
coats
has existed under Marine Mammal Regulations since 1987. However, some
political action committees appear to rely on the donations that are
generated
in response to their blatant promotion of such images.

In an assessment conducted on March 10 of such organizations' Web sites,
14 of 22 discussing the seal harvest displayed one or more images of white
coats, typically in a high profile manner. A fact sheet can be obtained
online
at www.gov.nl.ca/fishaq/sealfactsheet

"We respect even extremist groups' right to disagree with Newfoundland
and Labrador's cultural, historical, and economic links with the seal
harvest," says Trevor Taylor, Newfoundland and Labrador's Minister of
Fisheries and Aquaculture. "But many anti-seal groups purposely promote the
more appealing image of white coats, which have not been harvested for
almost
two decades. It's time that they stopped exploiting these seals for their
own
fundraising purposes."

"Not every organization concerned with the seal harvest promotes photos
of white coats. But the most vocal activists do, typically in a blatant
attempt to tug at your heart as a means to tugging at your purse strings,"
says the minister. "These people use photos of white coats to sustain a myth
and to generate an emotional response. How do you take action? You donate to
a
lobby group to stop a harvest that ended in 1987."

Today's seal harvest is environmentally sustainable and remains both
economically and culturally important to some remote coastal areas of
Canada.
In Newfoundland and Labrador, the sealing industry employs thousands of
harvesters and hundreds of plant workers on a seasonal basis. In 2004, the
landed value of seals in the province was $15.4 million, and produced a
market
value of over $45 million for products such as pelts, Omega-3 oil, and meat.

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