Add this to the list of Reasons To Move To Canada.

http://modernfarmer.com/2014/11/seal...ext-big-thing/

On 12/21/2014 1:23 PM, Mark Thorson wrote:
> Add this to the list of Reasons To Move To Canada.
>
> http://modernfarmer.com/2014/11/seal...ext-big-thing/
>

Does not sound like something I'd like, but to each his own.

This is a convincing reason to eat it though.
The objections over the seal hunt are a little confusing, largely
because the market for seal fur is much larger than the market for seal
meat. PETA even says, “Hunters toss dead and dying seals into heaps and
leave their carcasses to rot on the ice floes because there is no market
for seal meat.” This is a very controversial issue in Canada, with few
outright facts to hold onto, but the controversy is largely about
hunting seals for their pelt, not for their meat. For Perrin, that can
be addressed by making seal meat more popular; to him, using the entire
body of the animal is less wasteful and more respectful.

No thanks. I watched an episode of "Life Below Zero," or "Yukon Men," in which the family
sat around on the kitchen floor and cut up and ate raw portions of seal meat. Big yuck! The
First Nations may need all the fat in it to sustain their rigorous lifestyle, but few others do.

N.

On 21/12/2014 5:16 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Dec 2014 10:23:58 -0800, Mark Thorson wrote:
>
>> Add this to the list of Reasons To Move To Canada.
>>
>> http://modernfarmer.com/2014/11/seal...ext-big-thing/
>
> The ban on seal meat, just like horse meat, is stupid. The only
> reason for it is because baby seals are cute <awwwwwwwwww>. Well, so
> are baby pigs. We've even gone so far as boycotting Canadian seafood
> because we don't like Canada eating seals. That's just ridiculous.
>
> I prefer the tender, young seals. Preferably the furry white ones.
> Clubbed, not stirred.
>
> -sw
>
I adore foie gras. Screw the PETA types who mistakenly aver that it is
cruel!
Graham

On Sun, 21 Dec 2014 20:21:16 -0700, graham > wrote:

>the PETA types

People Eating The Animals?

--
Bob
www.kanyak.com

"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> On 12/21/2014 1:23 PM, Mark Thorson wrote:
>> Add this to the list of Reasons To Move To Canada.
>>
>> http://modernfarmer.com/2014/11/seal...ext-big-thing/
>>
>
> Does not sound like something I'd like, but to each his own.
>
> This is a convincing reason to eat it though.
> The objections over the seal hunt are a little confusing, largely because
> the market for seal fur is much larger than the market for seal meat. PETA
> even says, “Hunters toss dead and dying seals into heaps and leave their
> carcasses to rot on the ice floes because there is no market for seal
> meat.” This is a very controversial issue in Canada, with few outright
> facts to hold onto, but the controversy is largely about hunting seals for
> their pelt, not for their meat. For Perrin, that can be addressed by
> making seal meat more popular; to him, using the entire body of the animal
> is less wasteful and more respectful.

don't other animals eat the meat left on the ice?