"Capt.Mooron" wrote in message
news:1LmWf.15838$K11.8652@clgrps12...
You really should try to view more recent footage... instead of 20 year
old videos. Oh that's right... those guys that aren't enforcing the
guidelines on the sealers .....but are enforcing the guidelines on the
activists are to blame.

You do realize no valuable footage has been taken for many years since it
is illegal to approach closer than 500 meters of a sealer while he is
working over a defenceless whitecoat and terrorizing it's family. We refer
to that action as "Layin' a beatin' down".... DFO & CCG smackin' those
nosey beatniks with hefty fines.
Helicopter pilots can't even fly over a sealer at work without getting
fined.... yup we protect our endangered species.... Newfie Sealers!!

How nice of your government.

Actually there have been no less than 6 recent films made, mostly from a
distance or from helicopters flying parallel to but not over the hunt zone.
Greenpeace used to spray the pups with permanent green dye, fire cannons to
scare the seals away, and other such measures until the Canadian gummint
decided to play nasty.

Unlike Greenpeace, I've never had any problem with the seal hunt--only its
methods. Humans have a responsibility to kill animals humanely. There is
nothing humane about the seal hunts. Of course you realize that had your
government not limited the number of pups taken each year, the harp seal
would likely be extinct by now. Nothing quite like an industry that runs
itself out of business through its own sheer stupidity.

Max