Anthony Marr's parting shot for Canadian PM Stephen Harper on seal hunt
and global warming - 29 Mar 2010
On the eve of embarking on his 40-states-in-7-months Compassion for
Animals Road Expedition #7 (CARE-7, with Anthony Damiano), Anthony Marr has
a parting shot for Canadian PM Stephen Harper:
Global warming has precipitated ice-free conditions in the southern Gulf
of St. Lawrence for the first time ever...
... drowning thousands of baby Harp seals, and dooming thousands others
stranded on dry land...
... while the "luckier" ones that have some ice to cling on to are easy
prey for polar bears and arctic foxes.
And yet, Canada has raised the quota for this year's seal "hunt" up to
388,000. I ask you, Mr. Harper, where is your reason? And, closer to your
soul, where is your compassion? Please read this article, and do something
according to your conscience, assuming that power hasn't already corrupted
the hell out of it.
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World News
By Mail Foreign Service
25th March 2010
Stranded on a beach all alone, this starving harp seal pup faces a bleak
and, most likely, short future.
The pup is one of tens of thousands who have washed up on beaches in
Canada's Gulf Of St Lawrence during the worst ice conditions ever recorded
in the region.
Thousands are presumed dead because the gulf, which is the annual
birthing ground of hundreds of thousands of harp seals, is currently lacking
both ice and seals.
Many more thousands of seals are expected to die this year, the
International Fund For Animal Welfare (IFAW) has warned.
Sheryl Fink, a senior researcher with IFAW, said: 'The conditions this
year are disastrous for seal pups. I've surveyed this region for nine years
and have never seen anything like this.
'There is wide open water instead of the usual ice floes, and rather than
the hundreds of thousands of seal pups that we normally encounter, only a
handful of baby harp and hooded seals - animals that are normally found on
ice - remain on the beaches.'
Threat: Tens of thousands of seals are expected to die in the region this
year, the International Fund For Animal Welfare IFAW has warned
This year is expected to yield another especially high harp seal pup
mortality rate, following on from 2007 when 99 per cent and 75 per cent of
pups are thought to have died in similar circumstances, and 2002's 75 per
cent mortality rate.
Scientists have hailed 2010 as the worst ice year on record with little
to no ice forming in the Southern Gulf.
They are concerned that the cumulative effects of high pup mortality due
to the poor ice conditions, and high numbers of pups killed during Canada's
commercial seal hunt could be devastating.
Ms Fink added: 'Finding these ice-dependent seal species on land is
extremely unusual, and should be considered a warning signal.
'The seal pups we have found on shore are thin and unable to defend
themselves or escape from land-based predators. It is highly unlikely that
any of these pups will survive long enough for there to be a seal hunt in
the southern gulf this year.
Scientists have hailed 2010 as the worst ice year on record with little
to no ice forming in the Canadian gulf
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1260639
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Anthony Marr, Founder and President
Heal Our Planet Earth (HOPE)
Global Anti-Hunting Coalition (GAHC)
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