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Canada's Gov Gen'l Eats Heart of Just Murdered Seal[/
Governor General Michaelle Jean, the representative of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II as Canada's head of state, gutted the seal and swallowed a slice of the mammal's organ late Monday after an EU vote earlier this month to impose a ban on seal products on grounds that the seal hunt is cruel.
[b]Canada's Gov Gen'l Eats Heart of Just Murdered Seal[/b]
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009263638_apcncanadasealheart.html
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Please contact the British Embassy in your country to ask for the removal
from office of Ms Jean.
http://www.britainusa.com
Asked Tuesday whether her actions were a message to Europe, Jean replied, "Take from that what you will."
Hundreds of Inuit at a community festival gathered Monday as Jean knelt above a pair of seal carcasses and used a traditional ulu blade to slice the meat off the skin. After cutting through the flesh, Jean turned to the woman beside her and asked: "Could I try the heart?"
She swallowed a piece whole and deemed it tasty, saying: "It's like sushi
A spokeswoman for EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas offered no official reaction.
"No comment; it's too bizarre to acknowledge," Barbara Helfferich said.
Animal rights groups believe Canada's annual seal hunt is cruel, poorly monitored and provides little economic benefit. Sealers and Canadian authorities say it is sustainable, humane and provides income for isolated communities.
Barbara Slee, an anti-seal hunt campaigner at the International Fund for Animal Welfare in Brussels said she was disgusted by Jean's actions.
"The fact that the governor-general in public is slashing and eating a seal, I don't think that really helps the cause, and I'm convinced that this will not change the mind of European citizens and politicians" because the deal is largely finished, Slee said.
EU governments are to sign the ban into law on June 25th after the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly to impose the measure.
The new EU rule offers narrow exemptions so Inuit communities from Canada, Greenland and elsewhere can continue traditional hunts, but bars them from large-scale trading of their pelts and other seal goods in Europe.
Rebecca Aldworth, director of Humane Society International Canada, said Jean's actions were misleading and offensive because of the exemptions.
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009263638_apcncanadasealheart.html
http://www.seattletimes.com
Please contact the British Embassy in your country to ask for the removal
from office of Ms Jean.
http://www.britainusa.com
Asked Tuesday whether her actions were a message to Europe, Jean replied, "Take from that what you will."
Hundreds of Inuit at a community festival gathered Monday as Jean knelt above a pair of seal carcasses and used a traditional ulu blade to slice the meat off the skin. After cutting through the flesh, Jean turned to the woman beside her and asked: "Could I try the heart?"
She swallowed a piece whole and deemed it tasty, saying: "It's like sushi
A spokeswoman for EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas offered no official reaction.
"No comment; it's too bizarre to acknowledge," Barbara Helfferich said.
Animal rights groups believe Canada's annual seal hunt is cruel, poorly monitored and provides little economic benefit. Sealers and Canadian authorities say it is sustainable, humane and provides income for isolated communities.
Barbara Slee, an anti-seal hunt campaigner at the International Fund for Animal Welfare in Brussels said she was disgusted by Jean's actions.
"The fact that the governor-general in public is slashing and eating a seal, I don't think that really helps the cause, and I'm convinced that this will not change the mind of European citizens and politicians" because the deal is largely finished, Slee said.
EU governments are to sign the ban into law on June 25th after the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly to impose the measure.
The new EU rule offers narrow exemptions so Inuit communities from Canada, Greenland and elsewhere can continue traditional hunts, but bars them from large-scale trading of their pelts and other seal goods in Europe.
Rebecca Aldworth, director of Humane Society International Canada, said Jean's actions were misleading and offensive because of the exemptions.
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http://www.greenpeace.org
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2) As long as the inuit hunt is maintainable (they have been doing it since the ice age so...) they should be allowed to continue their way of life...
3) The inuit are part of our heritage and our population in Canada and Alaska U.S. and should be respected in all their traditional aspects...
4) Michelle Jean was doing what all politician types do... they partake fully in the traditions of regional and cultural groups for photo ops...
5) When in rome do as the romans do... this is what they do so she is expected to support their way of life and the limited hunt they practice.
The inuit better not start commercial hunting under that exemption! like cigarettes and casinos on reserves...