Animal 0 Posté(e) le 16 février 2007 Ottawa considers new rules to keep seal hunters, observers further http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Atlantic/070215/t021504A.html Thursday, February 15, 2007 Canadian Press FREDERICTON (CP) - The federal government is considering changes to rules governing the East Coast seal hunt in hopes of lowering the emotional temperature out on the ice. The Fisheries Department so far has received over 2,000 responses to a request for public comment on a proposal to extend the buffer zone around sealers from 10 to 20 metres. The department launched an accelerated public consultation program on its website last week, giving people only a few days to make their feelings known. The process ends on Friday and it then will be up to Fisheries Minister Loyola Hearn to make a decision. Fisheries spokesman Phil Jenkins says it is uncertain whether new regulations will be in place in time for this year's hunt, expected to begin in late March. But Rebecca Aldworth of the Humane Society of the United States, an animal protection group that has been observing the seal hunt for years, says she believes Hearn already has made up his mind to extend the buffer zone. She says that will make observation much more difficult for protesters and journalists. Partager ce message Lien à poster Partager sur d’autres sites
