From v at vaalea.com Wed Mar 1 02:42:25 2006 From: v at vaalea.com (vaalea) Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 21:42:25 -0500 Subject: [4animals] wow...Can't stop import of cat and dog fur Message-ID: <00c901c63cd9$c7abc250$6500a8c0@v> http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1139526651251&call_pageid=968332189003&col=968350116895 Can't stop import of cat and dog fur Feb. 10, 2006. 01:00 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Imported cat and dog fur -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I recently wrote to the office of the former prime minister expressing my concern that increased trade with China might result in the importation of items made from dog or cat fur. I suggested that Canada should step up to the plate with a ban on the importation of such products, similar to the one enacted y the United States in 2002. I was quite astonished by the reply I received from the then minister of international trade. After a lengthy preamble explaining the importance of the fur trade to Canada's economy, he said this: "Trade rules oblige Canada to treat foreign and domestic products on an equivalent basis. Thus, were a ban on imports into Canada of cat and dog fur products to be contemplated, there would also need to be a prohibition on the domestic sale, offering for sale, manufacture, transportation and distribution of dog and cat fur in Canada." And so it seems that we cannot implement a ban on the import of foreign dog and cat fur products because it might harm our domestic trade in these items. Unbelievable. I wonder how many of your readers know that such a disgusting trade is allowed to exist quite legally here in Canada. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Margaret Bergshoeff, Markham -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ottawaveg.com/pipermail/4animals/attachments/20060228/bb467c82/attachment.html From pekieca at yahoo.com Wed Mar 1 15:32:44 2006 From: pekieca at yahoo.com (K) Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 10:32:44 -0500 (EST) Subject: [4animals] Paul McCartney to visit Seal Pups In-Reply-To: <00c901c63cd9$c7abc250$6500a8c0@v> Message-ID: <20060301153244.47541.qmail@web52704.mail.yahoo.com> Vaalea, Another item from The Toronto Star. Hopefully, he will exert a huge influence and generate masses of publicity (Stephen Harper sang Beatle songs on his campaign plane...maybe he'll be so starstruck that he'll make changes) :) Ex-Beatle, wife to visit seal pups Mar. 1, 2006. 01:00 AM Paul and Heather McCartney will visit the Maritimes later this week to observe harp seal pups before Canada's annual seal hunt, says the Humane Society of the United States. The former Beatle and his wife, long-time animal rights activists, will take the trip tomorrow and Friday to "highlight the work of two animal protection groups to stop the Canadian seal hunt," the society said in a release. "Heather and Paul's visit to the seal pups will shine a global media spotlight on this cruel and needless slaughter," said Rebecca Aldworth, the society's director of Canadian wildlife issues. The timing of this year's hunt is uncertain. Generally the hunt runs from mid-March through mid-April. This year, however, warm weather has left much of the Gulf of St. Lawrence ? normally covered by ice several centimetres thick ? spotted with patches of thin ice. Twenty years ago, the centuries-old industry seemed doomed. Celebrities like Brigitte Bardot and Martin Sheen pushed to have the hunt stopped amid a worldwide campaign that featured graphic photos of doe-eyed whitecoats, or baby harp seals, being bludgeoned on the ice floes. The protests worked. The United States moved to ban the import of seal products in 1972, and the European Union instituted a partial ban in 1983. Prices plummeted to as low as $5 per seal pelt, and in 1987 the Canadian government banned the killing of whitecoats. The protestors went away, but the industry did not die ? by the mid-1990s, new markets opened up and the price for pelts started to rise. Canadian Press --------------------------------- Find your next car at Yahoo! Canada Autos -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ottawaveg.com/pipermail/4animals/attachments/20060301/a6e54645/attachment.html From pekieca at yahoo.com Wed Mar 1 19:10:02 2006 From: pekieca at yahoo.com (K) Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 14:10:02 -0500 (EST) Subject: [4animals] Seal Hunt Poll on Front Page of Halifax Paper In-Reply-To: <20060301153244.47541.qmail@web52704.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20060301191002.38212.qmail@web52704.mail.yahoo.com> The poll is on the right side of the front page; as soon as you click, your vote is tabulated and the results updated. So far 66% say ban!! Note: the second option: keep the hunt and save the cod! So, they still operate on that false bit of info, blaming the seals for the cod decline as opposed to blaming the true culprit, overfishing!! http://www.hfxnews.com/index.cfm K --------------------------------- Find your next car at Yahoo! Canada Autos -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ottawaveg.com/pipermail/4animals/attachments/20060301/12f29dd3/attachment.html From pamela_bjcu at yahoo.ca Wed Mar 1 23:42:05 2006 From: pamela_bjcu at yahoo.ca (Pamela) Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 18:42:05 -0500 (EST) Subject: [4animals] Seal Hunt Poll on Front Page of Halifax Paper In-Reply-To: <20060301191002.38212.qmail@web52704.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20060301234205.31939.qmail@web54213.mail.yahoo.com> It is down to 55% now. :-( --- K wrote: > The poll is on the right side of the front page; as > soon as you click, your vote is tabulated and the > results updated. So far 66% say ban!! Note: the > second option: keep the hunt and save the cod! > > So, they still operate on that false bit of info, > blaming the seals for the cod decline as opposed to > blaming the true culprit, overfishing!! > > http://www.hfxnews.com/index.cfm > > > K > > > > --------------------------------- > Find your next car at Yahoo! Canada Autos> _______________________________________________ > 4animals mailing list > 4animals at ottawaveg.com > http://lists.ottawaveg.com/mailman/listinfo/4animals > __________________________________________________________ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca From pekieca at yahoo.com Thu Mar 2 15:41:20 2006 From: pekieca at yahoo.com (K) Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 10:41:20 -0500 (EST) Subject: [4animals] Lots of Coverage: Paul McCartney to visit Seal Pups In-Reply-To: <20060301153244.47541.qmail@web52704.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20060302154120.61198.qmail@web52701.mail.yahoo.com> Paul & Heather McCartney are on the East Coast now, along with Rebecca and Andrew. Lots of coverage; interesting how some of the powers that be, such as the NFLD Premier, want to meet Paul to "set him straight"....hmmm...have they ever asked to meet Paul Watson? Maybe he just wants to meet one of the Beatles ....no matter...this is fabulous coverage. http://news.google.ca/nwshp?hl=en&tab=wn&q=paul%20mccartney --------------------------------- Make free worldwide PC-to-PC calls. Try the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger with Voice -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ottawaveg.com/pipermail/4animals/attachments/20060302/7b229ed8/attachment.html From pekieca at yahoo.com Thu Mar 2 20:24:58 2006 From: pekieca at yahoo.com (K) Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 15:24:58 -0500 (EST) Subject: [4animals] Seal "Hunt" Must Stop - Write your local MP re Seal Slaughter Message-ID: <20060302202458.21727.qmail@web52702.mail.yahoo.com> For everyone in Ottawa Centre, Paul Dewar's email is Dewar.P at parl.gc.ca In the past, Ed Broadbent didn't answer any of my letters. However, the NDP's position is that it supports the hunt. Please take the time to write your MP, this link will assist in finding your local MP's coordinates. http://canada.gc.ca/directories/direct_e.html Here is the letter I wrote to Paul Dewar. Please feel free to plagarize. Subject: Seal "Hunt" Must Stop To: Dewar.P at parl.gc.ca Dear Paul, Right now, another Paul is out on the east coast of Canada to draw attention to our national seal slaughter with the ultimate goal of having it ended, once and for all. I hope he succeeds. It is a truly horrific spectacle, the bloody and painful deaths of 300 thousand plus marine mammals every March. The seals are still so young, they cannot even propel themselves to move, they cannot swim. The proverbial maxim "shooting fish in a barrel" comes to mind. Please don't toe the party line on this. We are educated and know that the seals are not responsible for the cod decline. We know that the revenue incurred from this barbaric practise represents a minuscule portion of income for off-season fishers. We know that there are other means to employ off-season fishers without having to engage in yet another bloody reign of terror on the floes this Spring. The majority of Canadians are against this "hunt". During the recent election campagin, so many Canadians, Liberals and NDP'ers alike, strongly criticized Stephen Harper for being "too American" in his policies. I wish in this case he was: the Americans have a much stronger Marine Mammals Protection Act. So, let us stop the posturing and dispense with the holier than thou attitude that Canadians are inherently a kinder and gentler nation. I have copied an article written by Matthew Scully which recently appeared in The National Post. I do hope you read it. By the way, Mr. Scully is a former speech writer for George Bush. Now if a Republican has the mettle to speak out against the slaughter, surely the NDP does as well. Best regards, An ivory trade to call our own > Matthew Scully, National Post > Published: Monday, February 13, 2006 > > Forming right now inside their mothers, seal pups > will soon fill the ice > floes off Newfoundland and Labrador. Then comes one > of their very first > sights on this Earth -- the swarms of men bearing > clubs, hooks, guns, and > knives. Welcome to the world. > > Nature has its own ruthless ways, as those men like > to remind us, and makes > no special allowance for the young and helpless. But > this annual killing > binge is not of nature's design, and there has > always been something > uniquely abhorrent in the spectacle. > > If we could understand what possesses people to do > such things, and do it > all with such smug self-assurance, the insight would > have relevance far > beyond Atlantic Canada. Their professed reasons - > the marginal economic > benefits of the hunt, the protection of an ancient > "way of life," etc. - > have never really explained it. When you've > dispensed with all their > excuse-making, it becomes clear we are dealing here > with some deep and > implacable force. > > Cruelty is the endpoint of greed and other vices, > and rarely done for its > own sake. Yet in every age and every place, there is > a certain type of man > who glories in violence -- only more when the > victims are helpless and > innocent. There is "a cruelty that is fed, not > weakened, by tears," as a > long-ago philosopher observed. Whether this > malevolence directs itself at > humans or at animals, it all comes from the same > rot, the same dark and > unreachable place in the human heart. > > I was struck last year by a letter to this paper > from one seal-pup > slaughterer who took offense at my use of > "innocence." The word springs > naturally enough to mind when one is attempting to > describe newborn mammals > left defenseless on the ice floes that are their > nursery, creatures so new > to the world they cannot swim and can barely crawl. > But you can understand > why someone who clubs, shoots, or skins alive > hundreds of such creatures in > an afternoon would find the term uncomfortable. > > Twenty or so centuries' worth of Western literature > and religious allusion > has looked to young animals as the very embodiments > of vulnerability and > innocence, as in the Lamb who suffered for the sins > of the world. And there > is no reason to shy from plain moral language > here as well. That same tradition left us with an > abundance of other ideas > such as humility before Creation, the moral > restraint of the strong toward > the weak, and the spirit of mercy that extends even > to humble animals - > ideas readily grasped by all except the perverse > hard > of heart. > > There is a passage in The Heart of Darkness that has > a familiar ring. If you > substitute "sealskin" for "ivory," Joseph Conrad > could be reporting directly > from the ice floes: "The word ivory rang in the air, > was whispered and > sighed. A taint of imbecile rapacity blew threw > it all, like a whiff from some corpse ... and > outside, the silent wilderness > surrounding this cleared speck of the earth struck > me as something great and > invisible, like evil or truth, waiting patiently for > the passing away of > this fantastic invasion." > > A harsh but truthful portrait of the type -- of men > who think that every > last thing on Earth is there for the taking, and > traipse about as if their > only business in this world is to allocate death. > > > More than anything else, what really amazes me about > the seal-pup slaughter > is the stubborn pridefulness of it: Let all the > world think they are callous > fools. Let nation after nation slam the doors on > their stolen products, as > Greenland, Denmark, and Italy have done in > recent days. Let a worldwide boycott of Canadian > fishery products destroy > the markets and jobs of other people. For these > folks, all of this is only > more reason to set course toward the seal nurseries. > > They talk a lot about traditional values and the > like, as opposed to modern, > "urban" values, and you wonder how many of these > characters still like to > think of themselves as good Christian men. Maybe by > now, as I am told by > witnesses to the mayhem, the pretenses have all > pretty well fallen away. We > can be certain, in any case, that even when the > cameras are barred and the protesters kept away, no > cruelty goes unrecorded, > and no forsaken creature's whimper is beyond His > hearing. > > > If the Good Shepherd does indeed watch over those > scenes, I would not want > to be wearing their bloody boots. > > Recall, too, that all of this cruelty is subsidized, > propped up by millions > of dollars a year from Canada's taxpayers. Yet all > arguments were lost last > time around on Prime Minister Paul Martin. Even to > the very end, he could be > heard pandering in Atlantic Canada during last > month's election with pledges to "save the seal > hunt." > > So let it be a Conservative government that finally > brings the wretched > business to an end. It would be a fitting start for > Prime Minister Stephen > Harper, a courageous and merciful exercise of his > new powers. > > And to a watching world, no decision of his could > more dramatically > demonstrate that corrupt old ways will no longer be > tolerated, and a new day > has truly arrived in Ottawa. __________________________________________________ --------------------------------- Make free worldwide PC-to-PC calls. Try the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger with Voice -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ottawaveg.com/pipermail/4animals/attachments/20060302/2db7742c/attachment.html From v at vaalea.com Fri Mar 3 03:55:07 2006 From: v at vaalea.com (vaalea) Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 22:55:07 -0500 Subject: [4animals] Ottawa Sun has a seal hunt poll... Message-ID: <00df01c63e76$438b8d40$6500a8c0@v> http://www.ottawasun.ca/ poll might be changed once everyone gets this email though.... -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ottawaveg.com/pipermail/4animals/attachments/20060302/4bce538b/attachment.html From pekieca at yahoo.com Fri Mar 3 16:40:05 2006 From: pekieca at yahoo.com (K) Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 11:40:05 -0500 (EST) Subject: [4animals] SEAL HUNT DEBATE TONIGHT ON LARRY KING LIVE!! In-Reply-To: <20060302202458.21727.qmail@web52702.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20060303164005.19092.qmail@web52711.mail.yahoo.com> http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/larry.king.live/ The Premier of NFLD is to debate them. AIRS: 9-10 p.m. ET Friday's show Sir Paul McCartney and his wife speak out against something they call shocking, brutal and horrifying. What has them so upset? Tune in at 9 p.m. ET. --------------------------------- Enrich your life at Yahoo! Canada Finance -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ottawaveg.com/pipermail/4animals/attachments/20060303/12e5e2ed/attachment.html From pekieca at yahoo.com Fri Mar 3 16:52:05 2006 From: pekieca at yahoo.com (K) Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 11:52:05 -0500 (EST) Subject: [4animals] Pre-Written Letter on HSUS Site to Prime Minister Harper In-Reply-To: <20060303164005.19092.qmail@web52711.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20060303165205.3354.qmail@web52708.mail.yahoo.com> If you click on the link, just fill in the few spaces on the right hand side and a letter of protest will be sent to Prime Minister Harper. Anyone reading this, please forward to other lists so the PMO is bombarded with anti-hunt mail. Thanks. https://community.hsus.org/campaign/harper_protectseals?qp_source=gaban5 --------------------------------- Share your photos with the people who matter at Yahoo! Canada Photos -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ottawaveg.com/pipermail/4animals/attachments/20060303/c776b6ad/attachment.html From v at vaalea.com Sat Mar 4 09:13:50 2006 From: v at vaalea.com (vaalea) Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 04:13:50 -0500 Subject: [4animals] SEAL HUNT DEBATE TONIGHT ON LARRY KING LIVE!! References: <20060303164005.19092.qmail@web52711.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <000c01c63f6b$f46ecaf0$6500a8c0@v> http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0603/03/lkl.01.html for the transcript ----- Original Message ----- From: K To: For animal welfare/rights information and events. Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 11:40 AM Subject: [4animals] SEAL HUNT DEBATE TONIGHT ON LARRY KING LIVE!! http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/larry.king.live/ The Premier of NFLD is to debate them. AIRS: 9-10 p.m. ET Friday's show Sir Paul McCartney and his wife speak out against something they call shocking, brutal and horrifying. What has them so upset? Tune in at 9 p.m. ET. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enrich your life at Yahoo! Canada Finance ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 4animals mailing list 4animals at ottawaveg.com http://lists.ottawaveg.com/mailman/listinfo/4animals -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ottawaveg.com/pipermail/4animals/attachments/20060304/f7484c8e/attachment.html From v_good at rogers.com Sat Mar 4 20:53:21 2006 From: v_good at rogers.com (v_good at rogers.com) Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 15:53:21 -0500 Subject: [4animals] Editorial in Saturday's SUN Message-ID: <001501c63fcd$acc7ab10$da5f8b48@Victoria> Has anyone read this editorial? http://www.ottawasun.com/Comment/Editorial/2006/03/03/1471866.html It sounds like his 'facts' are right out of the Fisheries' Minister's form letter... full of lies! incredible how this editor gets the last say of the McCartney's visit/whole issue and is allowed to print rubbish like that.. oped at ott.sunpub.com ...if you want to send in your comments not that they'll be printed of course...I thought that at least the Larry King debate sounded more in our favour...unless people take the chicken, beef and 'milk for children' analogy seriously...just curious of what others thought of the debate? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ottawaveg.com/pipermail/4animals/attachments/20060304/33969470/attachment.html From pekieca at yahoo.com Sun Mar 5 00:16:04 2006 From: pekieca at yahoo.com (K) Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 19:16:04 -0500 (EST) Subject: [4animals] Coverage of the McCartney debate on CNN In-Reply-To: <000c01c63f6b$f46ecaf0$6500a8c0@v> Message-ID: <20060305001604.23384.qmail@web52704.mail.yahoo.com> Thanks for posting that, Vaalea. It was certainly exciting and great that the entire show was devoted to the hunt..esp. good they showed footage of the clubbing. And didn't you just love it when Williams said 90% of seals shot, then King cut to that footage of those two sealers lovingly brandishing their new clubs? Take off, eh? Just when we were finally getting rid of the "igloo residing" image, now we will once again be considered as nothing but a bunch of illiterate, beer swilling, seal bashin'' hosers. As for today's coverage, it seems that only one of the Canadian National papers didn't slant towards supporting the hunt. Interestingly, The National Post, our most "right" leaning paper, quoted Heather a few times. http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=bff37d9d-7328-4f2e-8a71-a39e63eef3ec&k=71818 This is the same paper that carried that great piece by Matthew Scully last month. K vaalea wrote: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0603/03/lkl.01.html for the transcript ----- Original Message ----- From: K To: For animal welfare/rights information and events. Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 11:40 AM Subject: [4animals] SEAL HUNT DEBATE TONIGHT ON LARRY KING LIVE!! http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/larry.king.live/ The Premier of NFLD is to debate them. AIRS: 9-10 p.m. ET Friday's show Sir Paul McCartney and his wife speak out against something they call shocking, brutal and horrifying. What has them so upset? Tune in at 9 p.m. ET. --------------------------------- Enrich your life at Yahoo! Canada Finance --------------------------------- _______________________________________________ 4animals mailing list 4animals at ottawaveg.com http://lists.ottawaveg.com/mailman/listinfo/4animals _______________________________________________ 4animals mailing list 4animals at ottawaveg.com http://lists.ottawaveg.com/mailman/listinfo/4animals --------------------------------- Make free worldwide PC-to-PC calls. Try the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger with Voice -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ottawaveg.com/pipermail/4animals/attachments/20060304/787c28ac/attachment.html From edandrea at magma.ca Sun Mar 5 02:51:06 2006 From: edandrea at magma.ca (Edelweiss D'Andrea) Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 21:51:06 -0500 Subject: [4animals] SEAL HUNT DEBATE TONIGHT ON LARRY KING LIVE!! In-Reply-To: <000c01c63f6b$f46ecaf0$6500a8c0@v> Message-ID: Thanks, Vaalea. Lots of Canadians think that aboriginals need to participate in the hunt for survival, but I learned that on average it's only 5% of the annual revenue of the sealers. Edelweiss -----Original Message----- From: 4animals-bounces at ottawaveg.com [mailto:4animals-bounces at ottawaveg.com]On Behalf Of vaalea Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 4:14 AM To: 4animals Subject: Re: [4animals] SEAL HUNT DEBATE TONIGHT ON LARRY KING LIVE!! http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0603/03/lkl.01.html for the transcript ----- Original Message ----- From: K To: For animal welfare/rights information and events. Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 11:40 AM Subject: [4animals] SEAL HUNT DEBATE TONIGHT ON LARRY KING LIVE!! http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/larry.king.live/ The Premier of NFLD is to debate them. AIRS: 9-10 p.m. ET Friday's show Sir Paul McCartney and his wife speak out against something they call shocking, brutal and horrifying. What has them so upset? Tune in at 9 p.m. ET. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrich your life at Yahoo! Canada Finance ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ 4animals mailing list 4animals at ottawaveg.com http://lists.ottawaveg.com/mailman/listinfo/4animals -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ottawaveg.com/pipermail/4animals/attachments/20060304/3fab88bd/attachment.html From mbarrett at connect.carleton.ca Sun Mar 5 18:56:59 2006 From: mbarrett at connect.carleton.ca (Meredith Barrett) Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2006 13:56:59 -0500 (EST) Subject: [4animals] Editorial in Saturday's SUN Message-ID: <2940985.1141585019046.JavaMail.mbarrett@connect.carleton.ca> hey guys i did read the article and was absolutely enraged. I plan on writing a letter to the editing rebutting many of his ridiculous points. he completely misses the point of many animal activists' problems with the seal hunt. i can't speak for everyone but i think one of the main points is that we simply dont' have the right to exploit seals like this! humans decided that we did but that is out of our own pure selfishness. to quote alice walker, animals exist for their own reasons. and it seemed he suggested that the only issue mccartney was attacking was the seal hunt. as we all know, he is an avid animal activist and speaks out against many causes, including factory farming and fur farms. the columnist then goes on to say that if people listen to mccartney then all places that exploit animals and kill them for our selfish use should be shut down. um well yeah! because who gave us the right to torture them for our pathetic reasons? and don't even get me started about that ridiculous suggestion that without animals, how on earth could the children possible develop normally? disgusting, a truly disgusting article you can bet i'm going to respond to! i encourage others! meredith v_good at rogers.com wrote: > Has anyone read this editorial? http://www.ottawasun.com/Comment/Editorial/2006/03/03/1471866.html > It sounds like his 'facts' are right out of the Fisheries' Minister's form letter... full of lies! incredible how this editor gets the last say of the McCartney's visit/whole issue and is allowed to print rubbish like that.. oped at ott.sunpub.com ...if you want to send in your comments not that they'll be printed of course...I thought that at least the Larry King debate sounded more in our favour...unless people take the chicken, beef and 'milk for children' analogy seriously...just curious of what others thought of the debate? > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ >4animals mailing list >4animals at ottawaveg.com >http://lists.ottawaveg.com/mailman/listinfo/4animals > From pekieca at yahoo.com Mon Mar 6 16:44:07 2006 From: pekieca at yahoo.com (K) Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 11:44:07 -0500 (EST) Subject: [4animals] Editorial in Saturday's SUN In-Reply-To: <2940985.1141585019046.JavaMail.mbarrett@connect.carleton.ca> Message-ID: <20060306164407.44396.qmail@web52703.mail.yahoo.com> Hello, Today's Toronto Star features a letter to the editor from a woman in Colorado. Encouraging! She says, among other things, that Danny Williams (was) "a sorry and unconvincing representative for his side and he made Newfoundland (and Canada) look bad". End seal hunt sooner than later Mar. 6, 2006. 01:00 AM --------------------------------- Paul versus the premier --------------------------------- March 4. Newfoundland Premier Danny WIlliams's embarassing performance Friday night on Larry King Live did nothing to advance the cause for Newfoundland's seal hunt. Paul and Heather McCartney are correct in stating that the hunt is very damaging to Canada's international reputation. To stubbornly refuse to even consider alternatives available to the seal hunters to replace the relatively small amount of $15 million to $20 million in income is doing a disservice to both the province and the country. His arguments were weak, he was generally a sorry and unconvincing representative for his side and he made Newfoundland (and Canada) look bad. The seal hunt should be ended, sooner rather than later. --------------------------------- Laurel Harris, Snowmass Village, Colo. Meredith Barrett wrote: hey guys i did read the article and was absolutely enraged. I plan on writing a letter to the editing rebutting many of his ridiculous points. he completely misses the point of many animal activists' problems with the seal hunt. i can't speak for everyone but i think one of the main points is that we simply dont' have the right to exploit seals like this! humans decided that we did but that is out of our own pure selfishness. to quote alice walker, animals exist for their own reasons. and it seemed he suggested that the only issue mccartney was attacking was the seal hunt. as we all know, he is an avid animal activist and speaks out against many causes, including factory farming and fur farms. the columnist then goes on to say that if people listen to mccartney then all places that exploit animals and kill them for our selfish use should be shut down. um well yeah! because who gave us the right to torture them for our pathetic reasons? and don't even get me started about that ridiculous suggestion that without animals, how on earth could the children possible develop normally? disgusting, a truly disgusting article you can bet i'm going to respond to! i encourage others! meredith v_good at rogers.com wrote: > Has anyone read this editorial? http://www.ottawasun.com/Comment/Editorial/2006/03/03/1471866.html > It sounds like his 'facts' are right out of the Fisheries' Minister's form letter... full of lies! incredible how this editor gets the last say of the McCartney's visit/whole issue and is allowed to print rubbish like that.. oped at ott.sunpub.com ...if you want to send in your comments not that they'll be printed of course...I thought that at least the Larry King debate sounded more in our favour...unless people take the chicken, beef and 'milk for children' analogy seriously...just curious of what others thought of the debate? > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ >4animals mailing list >4animals at ottawaveg.com >http://lists.ottawaveg.com/mailman/listinfo/4animals > _______________________________________________ 4animals mailing list 4animals at ottawaveg.com http://lists.ottawaveg.com/mailman/listinfo/4animals --------------------------------- Make free worldwide PC-to-PC calls. 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URL: http://lists.ottawaveg.com/pipermail/4animals/attachments/20060307/8e433c87/attachment.html From pekieca at yahoo.com Fri Mar 10 22:03:03 2006 From: pekieca at yahoo.com (K) Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 17:03:03 -0500 (EST) Subject: [4animals] International Day of Protest - Seal "Hunt" March 15 In-Reply-To: <00c901c63cd9$c7abc250$6500a8c0@v> Message-ID: <20060310220303.25006.qmail@web52702.mail.yahoo.com> Looks as though few Canadian cities are participating ... :( http://www.seashepherd.org/seals/seals_worldwide_protest_2006.html Join Us for a Worldwide Protest Against the Canadian Slaughter of Seals On March 15th All Over the World! Sea Shepherd and many other organizations agree that it is necessary to join together to strengthen our chance of stopping the annual and ever-growing Canadian seal "hunt." This Unified Opposition is comprised of many groups with a variety of missions and strategies ? but we all agree with one thing: The slaughter of seals must end immediately and permanently! One of the major strategies of the Opposition is to shine the international spotlight on Canada by staging a Worldwide Protest. Each year Sea Shepherd holds a protest on the 15th of March which is typically the first day that the "hunt" begins. [Note: This year, due to the fact that ice is not forming as it usually does, the start date has not yet been announced by the Canadian government.] SEAL CAMPAIGN Campaign Home Latest Updates Seal Hunt Facts SSCS History Saving Seals Seals Around the World Related Articles Canadian Government Seals FAQ Video TAKE ACTION Seal of Approval Campaign What You Can Do Boycott Petition Worldwide Protest Red Lobster Rallies US Resolutions 33 and 269 Join Cyber Seal List SSCS Seal Merchandise The Protest is being held on Wednesday, March 15, 2006, at Canadian embassies and consulates and other locations around the world. Please see the list below for a city near you and the contact information of the Protest Leader in that location. if you have any questions please contact Sea Shepherd's Volunteer Coordinators: United States: Connie Domenech at connie at seashepherd.org All other locations: International Director Tim Midgley at tim at seashepherd.org --------------------------------- Make free worldwide PC-to-PC calls. Try the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger with Voice -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://lists.ottawaveg.com/pipermail/4animals/attachments/20060313/8588f620/attachment.html From edandrea at magma.ca Wed Mar 15 02:51:04 2006 From: edandrea at magma.ca (Edelweiss D'Andrea) Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 21:51:04 -0500 Subject: [4animals] Urgent: Five ways you can stop the seal hunt Message-ID: Urgent: Five ways you can stop the seal hunt International Fund for Animal Welfare March 14, 2006 Urgent: Five ways you can stop the seal hunt More than 300,000 seals will be killed this year alone. Dear Edelweiss, Right now on the sparkling ice floes of Eastern Canada, hundreds of thousands of baby seals are about to die. In just a few short days, seals as young as 12 days of age will be clubbed and beaten. Others will be shot with a rifle in open water, fighting for their lives many left to suffocate under the ice or be pulled onto boats with sharp metal hooks. 95% of the seals killed will be less than three months old. Some will even be skinned alive. But there?s still time to help. If you were to witness the seal hunt personally, your heart would break. There is no economic or environmental reason to justify Canada?s commercial seal hunt. This is a cruel and unnecessary hunt, opposed by the majority of Canadians. This government supported hunt isn?t designed to promote science or meaningful employment for Newfoundlanders, it?s designed to gain votes for politicians. Most seal pups lay on the ice alone and helpless, crying in anguish before they are violently cut down. During the past 30 years, IFAW hunt observers have continued to witness and document severe cruelty at the hunt. All this to produce less than one percent of the Newfoundland GDP and, by the government?s own calculations, about $1,000 per sealer per year. A hunt that is nationally and internationally offensive is of no use to today?s Newfoundland and a progressive Canada trying to build a reputation for first-class environmental tourism. Canada?s government is counting on your silence World-leading marine scientists agree that the current high quotas for killing seals are putting the harp seal population at serious risk of being depleted. As many seals are killed today as during the 1950?s and 60?s when commercial sealers significantly reduced the seal population. You helped raise a global outcry that stopped the killing of whitecoat baby seals in the 1980?s. But baby seals as young as 12 days old are still being left to suffer a lingering death besides piles of seal bodies rotting on the bloody ice after their fur is removed. Four ways you can help stop Canada?s seal hunt right now: 1) Write a Letter to Save a Seal The Canadian government believes no one cares enough about the seal hunt for them to end it. Prove them wrong. Send a letter to your representative calling for an end to Canada?s commercial seal hunt before millions more baby seals die an unnecessary and cruel death. 2) Sign the Petition to Prime Minister Harper The Premier of Newfoundland & Labrador made some shocking and false statements about IFAW and the seal hunt on the Larry King Show. The public deserves honesty and respect for the real facts about the killing of baby seals. Sign the petition urging Canada?s Prime Minister to tell the truth about what?s happening on the ice. 3) Make a Donation to Stop the Seal Hunt IFAW brings journalists and politicians to observe the seal hunt, resulting in growing condemnation of the hunt around the world. Thanks in large part to IFAW?s efforts, legislation to ban seal products is advancing in a number of countries, such as the Belgium, Italy and the Netherlands. Your contribution is needed to help document the cruelty occurring on the ice this spring and expose the truth. 4) Tell Others to Help Protect Baby Seals It only takes a few seconds to spread the word about the cruelty of Canada?s seal hunt and our efforts to end it, yet the impact on the campaign is enormous. Please invite your friends, family, and colleagues to help save the seals. The seal hunt will be underway in just a few weeks. Please take action now to help spare another single baby seal from a cruel and senseless death. Sincerely, Fred O?Regan P.S. Looking for even more ways to help? Please consider taking a fifth action: writing a letter to the editor of your local newspaper speaking out against the seal hunt. Also be sure to forward this message to as many friends as possible. It?s critical that more people speak out right now before the slaughter of baby seals begins. IFAW ? 2006 This message was sent to: edandrea at magma.ca All gifts to IFAW represent a contribution to IFAW's entire mission. Donations will be used where they are most needed to help animals. Worried about Donating online? I used to be too ... so I made sure our online system is safe, secure, and state-of-the-art. It also eliminates check-processing costs, so more money goes directly to saving animals. But if you prefer to donate by phone or mail, simply click here for address information. NOTE: To make sure you continue to receive further emails from IFAW, please add fred at ifaw1.org to your email Address Book. If you use a spam filter program, please assign this address a status of ?safe? or ?trusted.? If you have an AOL, Hotmail, MSN or Yahoo email address, this is particularly important as we receive many ?bounce backs? from these email addresses. PO Box 193 ? 411 Main Street Yarmouth Port, MA 02675 www.ifaw.org To remove yourself from all mailings from IFAW United States, please click here. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ottawaveg.com/pipermail/4animals/attachments/20060314/f155d2b2/attachment.html From v at vaalea.com Wed Mar 15 07:16:57 2006 From: v at vaalea.com (vaalea) Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 02:16:57 -0500 Subject: [4animals] Fw: Tristan and America/ China fur protest, Updates Message-ID: <00c201c64800$73cca870$6500a8c0@v> >From Victoria- Ottawa-Animal-Advocates.com: Hi Everyone- Unfortunately we did not get enough dog participants to go ahead with the China embassy location for the fur protest March 25th.Thanks though to the people who were able to/offered to bring a dog. There will still be an end of season fur protest on that day, switched to the Rideau Centre location to raise more awareness about fur made in China and to let TRISTAN and AMERICA know that we are not going away and that they can expect to see us as long as the store continues to sell rabbit and quite possibly cat/dog fur from China (since only DNA testing can tell the source of the fur). Please note that we have heard of people going into Tristan/Rideau Centre and being told that they don't sell fur from China or that all their fur is from Canada when the labels clearly say 'Made in China'. Until GAN in Montreal (who is heading up this now National campaign) receives a written statement that they will no longer carry real animal fur, we have been advised that the store cannot be trusted. Unlike Jacob, Bedo, Smart Set etc. who we would like to think were at least slighly bothered by the revelations about fur from China, it also appears that TRISTAN and AMERICA just doesn't care and/or are going to fight to continue to promote animal suffering. So I hope that we will also vow to fight for the animals until this store is no longer selling animal fur products. So...we'll hope to see you on >>> SATURDAY MARCH 25 from NOON TO 1PM outside Shoppers Drug Mart by the lower Rideau Street entrance to the Rideau Centre, 55 Rideau St. All signs will be provided. If you wish to still bring a dog you may as they can be helpful at fur protests. However, please make sure your dog is on a leash and would not mind large crowds or sitting/staying still as there won't be too much room to move around at that location. If you have further questions you can contact myself or Vaalea at v at vaalea.com Updates: New Free-Range Meat store Opens in Bell's Corners This store called 'Free-Range Meat and Deli' on Robertson Road at least promotes an awareness of factory farming and offers an alternative to factory farming for people who won't give up meat. The store has written information regarding the more humane treatment of animals and the prices are reasonable unlike the high priced 'Sasloves (free-range) Meat Market'. I spoke with the manager and it 'sounded' legitimate..but of course the animals still end up in the slaughterhouse. I am going to try and see if the CCFA (Canadian Coalition for Farm Animals) has approved the store or is aware of it. Seal Hunt As some of you might have read, ALL Ottawa Citizen coverage of the Paul and Heather McCartney effort for the seals has been negative and there were only a few anti-seal hunt features in other media. However, the OTTAWA SUN printed 2 anti-seal hunt letters including the following one which made 'Letter of the Day' and also featured a photo. http://www.ottawasun.com/Comment/Letters/2006/03/07/1475968.html So it seems that we can still count on the SUN for profesionalism at least in terms of some representation of BOTH sides to a story and for being somewhat un-biased. oped at ott.sunpub.com to send a compliment and encourage them to continue to have a positive edge over other major local newspapers through fair coverage of issues. As far as the hunt itself, there is now a considerable degree of International pressure and momentum (seafood boycott etc) against the seal hunt especially in the U.S after the sucessful Larry King Show debate on the hunt in which the McCartney's presented their debate almost flawlessly. The anti-seal hunt effort also has the full support of the Humane Society of the United States and many other other AR/AW organizations. As some of you have also likely heard, there is also the whole (new) issue on climate change now and literal 'thin ice' in Labrador so time should tell...both in terms of this year's hunt 'possibly' being called off and next year's planned hunt with regard to the boycotts and international efforts now in place. Shopper's Drug Mart If anyone sent in a letter regarding the 'rabbit fur' ball scarves and other 'made in China' fur accessories that SDM is carrying every year now in many of their locations, you likely got a form letter response to the effect that is not their responsibility or place to censor items...I myself sent another comment back saying that I was permamently planning to shop exclusively at Pharmaplus from now on and that SDM will continue offend customers as more people recognize and become repulsed by what fur 'Made in China' is. http://www.formdesk.com/shoppersdrugmart/contact_us From PETA- Urge Starbucks to Buck the Rodeo! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Starbucks Corporation has faced intense public scrutiny recently for sponsoring various rodeos and rodeo organizations, including Cheyenne Frontier Days in Wyoming, the Miss Rodeo Washington Association, the PRCA Belton Rodeo, and the Calgary Stampede. In some instances, Starbucks donated money; in others, it donated beverages. Regardless of the nature of the donation, the company that?s been heralded for its progressive policies and hot coffee is suddenly alienating consumers through its affiliation with cruelty to animals. Rodeos are a cruel form of ?entertainment.? Every national animal protection organization opposes rodeos because of the events? inherent cruelty. Rodeo promoters say that the animals are wild and rough, but without the use of spurs, tail-twisting, and bucking straps cinched around their abdomens, these frightened and usually docile animals wouldn?t even buck. They are often terrorized when participants shock them with electric prods, twist their necks, yank them by their tails or legs, slam them to the ground, or otherwise batter them. Following a life of confinement, abuse, pain, and fear, the final destination for most of these animals is the slaughterhouse. The Calgary Stampede, a 10-day annual rodeo and exhibition that boasts hideous events such as chuckwagon races, bears responsibility for the deaths of at least nine horses in July 2005 alone. Animals have fallen, drowned, jumped to their deaths, and sustained injuries severe enough to require euthanasia. Please write a short, polite letter to Starbucks and urge the company to live up to its socially responsible reputation by adopting a company-wide policy prohibiting rodeo sponsorships: Jim Donald, CEO Starbucks Corp. P.O. Box 3717 Seattle, WA 98124 206-447-1575 206-447-0828 (fax) Email Starbucks ******************************************************************************************************************* Possible Summer event: M&M Meat Shops will be holding a second or third annual meat barbecue to raise proceeds for colon cancer research, a pretty ironic cause in light of their products! 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On a recent visit to Shopper's Drug Mart in Ottawa I was extremely upset to see rabbit fur merchandise on sale. As an owner of 4 beautiful rabbits, any store that supports the sale of dead animal fur is off my list. I have passed on this information to many friends and acquaintances who have assured me that they will no longer shop at Shopper's Drug Mart until the fur articles are removed. I anticipate a response along the lines of 'there is nothing we can do about it,' which is ridiculous. Are you telling me China forces SDM to carry dead rabbits? Additionally, it would be prudent for your company to research repeated allegations against China of exporting cat, dog and raccoon fur under the guise of mink, rabbit or fox. I am so disappointed that SDM is carrying these products and even more so at the lack of care/response/education that is being displayed by the company. Until there are written assurances that you will no longer sell fur products, I along with many other animal lovers (and believe me, we are large in numbers) will no longer shop with you. Thanks for your time, I hope your company intends to research the legitimacy and rationale behind selling dead animals. keep fighting the good fight meredith From pekieca at yahoo.com Thu Mar 16 16:50:08 2006 From: pekieca at yahoo.com (K) Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 11:50:08 -0500 (EST) Subject: [4animals] Please Vote Now! In-Reply-To: <00c201c64800$73cca870$6500a8c0@v> Message-ID: <20060316165008.5184.qmail@web52709.mail.yahoo.com> Seal Hunt Poll on CTV, far right hand corner. So far, NO leads by 60% http://www.ctv.ca/canadaam --------------------------------- Enrich your life at Yahoo! Canada Finance -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This article is one of the few which correctly states that the seals are "hacked to death". http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article351560.ece The Labour MP Ian Cawsey, quoted in the report, said: "None of the photographs or footage you ever seen of the seal cull prepares you for the real thing. The fearful sounds of the seals, the savagery of the clubbing, the ice turning red as the blood seeps away and the steaming, skinned and abandoned corpses. It is difficult to understand the mentality behind this cull. It needs to be ended." Also check www.harpseals.org for up to date news, and reports of yesterdays' International Day of Protest. Shanti --------------------------------- 7 bucks a month. This is Huge Yahoo! Music Unlimited -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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That way, IFAW can show that footage of the bloody white coat being dipped in the water which was televised on CTV this a.m. and then get Williams to explain how "no white coats are killed". http://www.ccnmatthews.com/news/releases/show.jsp?action=showRelease&searchText=false&showText=all&actionFor=584740 MARCH 16, 2006 - 12:12 ET IFAW President challenges Premier Williams to a televised debate on Canadian seal hunt Attention: Assignment Editor, Environment Editor, News Editor, Science Editor, Government/Political Affairs Editor YARMOUTH PORT, MA--(CCNMatthews - March 16, 2006) - Today, IFAW President Fred O'Regan challenged Danny Williams, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, to a televised debate on the Canadian seal hunt. In an official letter O'Regan wrote, "Let us give the people of Canada what they deserve: a full and factual public debate on the commercial seal hunt which has done so much damage to Canada's image at home and abroad." The full text of that letter is below. Dear Premier Williams, Thank you for your reply to my letter of March 7th, which sought to correct various inaccurate comments you made regarding the International Fund for Animal Welfare during your appearance on Larry King Live on CNN March 3rd. I welcome your willingness to engage in dialogue on the important issue of Canada's commercial seal hunt and I share your concern about the many inaccuracies currently in the public domain. Additional distortions. Unfortunately, the many inaccurate statements you repeat in your letter only add to this problem. Two particular statements demand retraction and you have addressed neither: Your continuing insistence that veterinarians funded by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA) have said the hunt is humane and well managed is simply untrue. Neither has so stated. In fact, following your assertions on CNN, you received a letter from the authors of the veterinary working group report expressing their concern about such claims. IFAW has today posted that letter, a link to the full veterinary working group report, and complete, unedited copies of your and my correspondence on our website at www.ifaw.org. I hope you will demonstrate a similar commitment to transparency and make the same documents available on the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador website. The second allegation that demands retraction is your attempt to link IFAW to FBI terrorist investigations. The full written transcript and video record of your CNN appearance are clear. This was said by you in front of millions of people, and it should be retracted. Canada deserves the truth. But rather than continuing this debate in writing, let us give the people of Canada what they deserve: a full and factual public debate on the commercial seal hunt which has done so much damage to Canada's image at home and abroad. You have represented yourself as Prime Minster Harper's spokesperson on this issue. You have said you believe Canada's seal hunt - the largest commercial slaughter of marine mammals in the world - is well run, and not cruel. And you have continued to make inaccurate statements about IFAW in the media, refusing to offer an apology. Ready to debate the facts? I hope you will live up to your strong rhetoric and agree to debate the merits of Canada's commercial seal hunt with me on national television. As the seal hunt is ultimately a Federal issue, the debate should take place in Ottawa. I would be pleased to meet you there for a nationally broadcast debate at your earliest convenience. I look forward to hearing from you and to debating these issues face to face. Sincerely, Fred O'Regan President, International Fund for Animal Welfare About IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) Founded in 1969, IFAW works around the globe to protect animals and their habitats and to create a better world for animals and people. To learn how to help, please visit www.ifaw.org. --------------------------------- Enrich your life at Yahoo! Canada Finance -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ottawaveg.com/pipermail/4animals/attachments/20060316/70f84876/attachment.html From pekieca at yahoo.com Thu Mar 16 19:36:46 2006 From: pekieca at yahoo.com (K) Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 14:36:46 -0500 (EST) Subject: [4animals] Fwd: Urgent: Vote NO on the Seal Hunt Message-ID: <20060316193646.26683.qmail@web52701.mail.yahoo.com> from IFAW "Fred O'Regan, International Fund for Animal Welfare" wrote: Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 11:15:00 -0800 Subject: Urgent: Vote NO on the Seal Hunt From: "Fred O'Regan, International Fund for Animal Welfare" International Fund for Animal Welfare March 16, 2006 Urgent: Vote NO on the Seal Hunt! Vote NO on the Seal Hunt! More than 300,000 seals will be killed this year alone. Please visit our website to learn more. I need your help now to show the Canadian public that the majority of Canadians are opposed to the cruelty of the commercial seal hunt. Yesterday, Fisheries Minister Loyola Hearn announced an increase in the Total Allowable Catch in this year?s Seal Hunt: more than 300,000 seals will be clubbed or shot to death on the ice this year; 95% of the seals killed will be under three months old. This morning?s CTV broadcast of Canada AM featured interviews with both Minister Hearn and Sheryl Fink from IFAW. After the show, CTV posted a poll on their website asking viewers ?Do you support the seal hunt?? The poll is in the top right corner of Canada AM?s home page. Please don?t let the sealing industry win this poll. We need to send a strong message before the hunt begins that Canadians are tired of paying for the largest slaughter of marine mammals in the world. It takes just a few seconds to vote NO on the Seal Hunt but the suffering of seals will continue for years to come if we don?t speak out now. Please Vote NO on the Seal Hunt, and show the Canadian government it?s time for the cruelty to end. Sincerely, Fred O?Regan P.S. Please forward this message to as many friends as you can and ask them to Vote NO on the Seal Hunt now! IFAW ? 2006 This message was sent to: All gifts to IFAW represent a contribution to IFAW's entire mission. Donations will be used where they are most needed to help animals. Worried about Donating online? I used to be too ... so I made sure our online system is safe, secure, and state-of-the-art. It also eliminates check-processing costs, so more money goes directly to saving animals. But if you prefer to donate by phone or mail, simply click here for address information. NOTE: To make sure you continue to receive further emails from IFAW, please add fred at ifaw1.org to your email Address Book. If you use a spam filter program, please assign this address a status of ?safe? or ?trusted.? If you have an AOL, Hotmail, MSN or Yahoo email address, this is particularly important as we receive many ?bounce backs? from these email addresses. 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However, the deal triggered a furious reaction from animal rights campaigners angry at L'Or?al's record on animal experimentation. In a move that would have been unthinkable a few years ago, they urged shoppers to boycott The Body Shop on ethical grounds. Dame Anita, who is famed as much for her strident political campaigning as for her business acumen, insisted that she was not "selling out". She argued that the ?652 million sale of the chain was a chance to strike a fairer deal for the world's poor. "The most exciting thing about this is that L'Or?al is asking us to teach it about community trade, which is the best poverty eradicator in the world," she said. ......... Under the deal with L'Or?al, Dame Anita will stay on as a consultant to advise on community trade and will advise The Body Shop, which will be run as a separate entity. "The assumption that I am sitting next to the enemy is wrong," she said. "There is something wonderful when your battlefield enemies become bedfellows." However, supporters of her campaigns on fairer trade and green issues were dismayed. The Ethical Consumer magazine urged shoppers to boycott The Body Shop if the deal gets the backing of shareholders. "It's ironic that a company well known for its anti-animal testing stance should sell out to one that tests on animals and which has yet to show its commitment to any ethical issues at all," said Ruth Rosselson, for the magazine. Ian Ruane, of the animal welfare group Naturewatch, also called for a boycott. "We encourage all consumers to use their purchasing power to send a very clear message to The Body Shop and L'Or?al." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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For a long time now, The Body Shop has been gradually changing, and moving away from its original mandate. Several of their products contain lanolin, and they have not been involved in human rights campaigns for awhile. In each of their stores, they have those "time line" banners which describe various campaigns they have been involved in. It is easily noticed that it has been a number of years since they have participated... I have not patronized their stores for a few years now, due to the inclusion of lanolin. With so many stores out their like LUSH and Aveda, I would rather support a retailer who does not use animal ingredients/testing. --------------------------------- Enrich your life at Yahoo! Canada Finance -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://lists.ottawaveg.com/pipermail/4animals/attachments/20060321/599dbe05/attachment.html From mbarrett at connect.carleton.ca Wed Mar 15 22:29:56 2006 From: mbarrett at connect.carleton.ca (Meredith Barrett) Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 17:29:56 -0500 (EST) Subject: [4animals] no more shopper's for me Message-ID: <604611.1142461796301.JavaMail.mbarrett@connect.carleton.ca> i received a reply from shopper's drug mart. vaalea, i'm not sure if this is what they sent you but i was SOOOOOO disappointed at their response. i am going to avoid shopping there at all costs. in light of this, let's say we target shopper's drug mart also at this protest? Hello Meredith, Thank you for writing to us. The entire philosophy of our company is based on the understanding of care and concern for all of our customers. Our promise is to provide superior customer satisfaction beyond expectation. As you can well imagine, we receive a tremendous amount of advice from a wide spectrum of advocates with their own value systems about the many products that a drug store sells. Their assumption is that consumers need to be protected against themselves. Shoppers Drug Mart's position is that it will not allow itself to become the cultural or moral censor for any legal product. The fact that we sell a product does not constitute any endorsement on our part of that product. One of the great underlying perils of merchandising and retailing, no matter how hard you try not to offend people, and regardless of how diligent you may be in testing for possible hidden or unintended messages, someone will assure or interpret that your product is incorrect for the general public. For us to refuse to sell a product that you take issue with would clearly be a form of censorship on our part which is a position we will not take. We sincerely hope that we have responded to your queries and that you appreciate our position as a responsible retailer, which is to offer a wide spectrum of products and services to the many customers we serve. Thank you for your feedback. We will continue to monitor your concern and make any necessary adjustments accordingly. Regards, Luisa Shoppers Drug Mart / Pharmaprix Customer Service From pekieca at yahoo.com Tue Mar 21 17:07:55 2006 From: pekieca at yahoo.com (K) Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 12:07:55 -0500 (EST) Subject: [4animals] Anti-Hunting Cartoon In-Reply-To: <20060321164349.81409.qmail@web52705.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20060321170755.81708.qmail@web52702.mail.yahoo.com> seems it didn't come trhough. here is the link to click to see! http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/bizarro.asp K wrote: --------------------------------- Have a question? Yahoo! Canada Answers. Go to Yahoo! Canada Answers _______________________________________________ 4animals mailing list 4animals at ottawaveg.com http://lists.ottawaveg.com/mailman/listinfo/4animals --------------------------------- Share your photos with the people who matter at Yahoo! Canada Photos -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ottawaveg.com/pipermail/4animals/attachments/20060321/57d72adf/attachment.html From pekieca at yahoo.com Tue Mar 21 17:18:54 2006 From: pekieca at yahoo.com (K) Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 12:18:54 -0500 (EST) Subject: [4animals] no more shopper's for me In-Reply-To: <604611.1142461796301.JavaMail.mbarrett@connect.carleton.ca> Message-ID: <20060321171854.86850.qmail@web52702.mail.yahoo.com> it is "censorship" if they don't sell the fur? oh, sure.... Meredith Barrett wrote: i received a reply from shopper's drug mart. vaalea, i'm not sure if this is what they sent you but i was SOOOOOO disappointed at their response. i am going to avoid shopping there at all costs. in light of this, let's say we target shopper's drug mart also at this protest? Hello Meredith, Thank you for writing to us. The entire philosophy of our company is based on the understanding of care and concern for all of our customers. Our promise is to provide superior customer satisfaction beyond expectation. As you can well imagine, we receive a tremendous amount of advice from a wide spectrum of advocates with their own value systems about the many products that a drug store sells. Their assumption is that consumers need to be protected against themselves. Shoppers Drug Mart's position is that it will not allow itself to become the cultural or moral censor for any legal product. The fact that we sell a product does not constitute any endorsement on our part of that product. One of the great underlying perils of merchandising and retailing, no matter how hard you try not to offend people, and regardless of how diligent you may be in testing for possible hidden or unintended messages, someone will assure or interpret that your product is incorrect for the general public. For us to refuse to sell a product that you take issue with would clearly be a form of censorship on our part which is a position we will not take. We sincerely hope that we have responded to your queries and that you appreciate our position as a responsible retailer, which is to offer a wide spectrum of products and services to the many customers we serve. Thank you for your feedback. We will continue to monitor your concern and make any necessary adjustments accordingly. Regards, Luisa Shoppers Drug Mart / Pharmaprix Customer Service _______________________________________________ 4animals mailing list 4animals at ottawaveg.com http://lists.ottawaveg.com/mailman/listinfo/4animals --------------------------------- Make Yahoo! Canada your Homepage Yahoo! Canada Homepage -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ottawaveg.com/pipermail/4animals/attachments/20060321/c85d6cf4/attachment.html From pekieca at yahoo.com Tue Mar 21 20:48:30 2006 From: pekieca at yahoo.com (K) Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 15:48:30 -0500 (EST) Subject: [4animals] Bardot and Watson here tomorrow!!!!! In-Reply-To: <20060321170155.68711.qmail@web52703.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20060321204830.83927.qmail@web52701.mail.yahoo.com> hey guys - check it out FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BRIGITTE BARDOT AND CAPTAIN WATSON OF SEA SHEPHERD RETURN TO CANADA TO COMBAT CONTROVERSIAL SEAL HUNT Actors Join Sea Shepherd in Calling for End to Annual Baby Seal Slaughter OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada, March 21, 2006 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Brigitte Bardot, the legendary actress who became the first celebrity to use her influence to bring the plight of the harp seals to international media attention nearly three decades ago, is returning to Canada for the first time in 29 years to demand an end to the controversial commercial seal hunt, which resumed in 1995 after being shut down since 1984. Bardot will join her old friend, New Brunswick native and Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) Founder and President Captain Paul Watson, and Girlfriends TV star and animal activist Persia White, at a press conference tomorrow: Date: Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006 Time: 2 p.m. Place: Marriott Hotel, 100 Kent Street, Ottawa, Canada Last year, the world looked on in horror as the Canadian government permitted the killing of more than 320,000 harp seals, and the quota has been raised to 325,000 this year. In the past three years alone, more than 1 million seals have been cruelly slaughtered - most of them pups under one month old. The seals are clubbed repeatedly and an estimated 42 percent are skinned alive while their mothers look on helplessly. They are killed mainly for vanity - for fur coats and other luxury items. Captain Watson, one of the co-founders of Greenpeace, helped organize and lead the first campaign to protect seals on the East Coast of Canada in 1976. During this campaign, Watson and the late Robert Hunter, also a co-founder of Greenpeace, (whose daughter Emily will also be attending the press conference), blocked a sealing ship by standing on the ice in its path. The following year, Watson led the second mission to oppose the seal hunt off the coast of Labrador, this time bringing Brigitte Bardot onto the ice floes with him to witness and help document the slaughter. "The harp seal hunt is a big, bloody stain on Canada's reputation," says Watson. "There is absolutely no excuse for butchering helpless babies - it's an international disgrace." Copies of the SSCS Video Highlights Reel (including sound bites from Martin Sheen and Captain Watson, B-roll of baby seals, and footage of the seal hunt) will be available at the press conference. For more information or to obtain a copy of these materials, visit: http://media-seals.seashepherd2.org About Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Established in 1977, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) is an International non-profit conservation organization whose mission is to defend, conserve, and protect the world's marine wildlife and ecosystems. Their website, www.seashepherd.org, documents SSCS research, direct action, public education and outreach programs, and illustrates how SSCS has continuously worked for decades to eradicate pirate whaling, poaching, shark finning, sealing, unlawful habitat destruction, and other violations of established laws intended to protect the world's oceans. Captain Paul Watson, Sea Shepherd's founder and President, also co-founder of Greenpeace Foundation, is a Director of Sierra Club USA, and is a renowned, respected leader in environmental issues. CONTACT: Heather Callin (360) 370-5650 heather at seashepherd.org --------------------------------- Make Yahoo! Canada your Homepage Yahoo! Canada Homepage -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ottawaveg.com/pipermail/4animals/attachments/20060321/cc49552c/attachment.html From v at vaalea.com Wed Mar 22 04:08:20 2006 From: v at vaalea.com (vaalea) Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 23:08:20 -0500 Subject: [4animals] Good Seal Video being broadcast by CBS References: <20060321170155.68711.qmail@web52703.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <01ed01c64d66$41d949c0$6500a8c0@v> I had to search for the video.... here is a direct link http://cbs4.com/video/?id=14853 at wfor.dayport.com Thanks K! minus the hunt it was beautiful. =0( ----- Original Message ----- From: K To: For animal welfare/rights information and events. Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 12:01 PM Subject: [4animals] Good Seal Video being broadcast by CBS The reporter goes out on the floes pre-hunt with a sealer and eco-tourists. http://cbs4.com/video/?cid=5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7 bucks a month. This is Huge Yahoo! Music Unlimited ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 4animals mailing list 4animals at ottawaveg.com http://lists.ottawaveg.com/mailman/listinfo/4animals -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ottawaveg.com/pipermail/4animals/attachments/20060321/bc2aa3a1/attachment.html From DeedraA at peta.org Wed Mar 22 14:39:23 2006 From: DeedraA at peta.org (Deedra Aro) Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 09:39:23 -0500 Subject: [4animals] Fur Protest This Saturday in Ottawa! Message-ID: Hello from PETA's Activist Network, Please join Ottawa Animal Advocates, Ottawa Veg, and local activists at an important anti-fur protest this Saturday in Ottawa! Help educate shoppers about the cruelty of fur as well as recent investigations into the Chinese fur industry, where dogs and cats are killed for fur that is then mislabeled and sold overseas. The details for the demonstration are below and further questions can be directed to Victoria at ottawa.animal.advocates at rogers.com or Vaalea at 4animals at ottawaveg.com. Hope to see you there! What: Anti-fur protest When: Saturday, March 25th, from 12 noon to 1 pm Where: Rideau Centre, at the lower Rideau Street entrance, 55 Rideau Street (beside Shoppers Drug Mart) Why: Check this out! All materials will be provided so just bring you, your friends, and family. Please cross post this email to others who would be interested in standing up for animals killed for their fur. Visit www.FurIsDead.com for more information. Thank you for being on PETA's Activist Network and for all that you do to help animals! Deedra Aro Activist Liaison People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals 757-962-8269 Please include all previous correspondence when replying! AnimalActivist.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ottawaveg.com/pipermail/4animals/attachments/20060322/a2a680e9/attachment.html From v at vaalea.com Thu Mar 23 00:20:46 2006 From: v at vaalea.com (vaalea) Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 19:20:46 -0500 Subject: [4animals] having problems sending to 4animals?? Message-ID: <015301c64e26$0fc1ca00$c305090a@v> Some people have emailed me and told me they are unable to post to 4animals at ottawaveg.com. If this is you, can you please take the email with the error and send it as an attachment to me so I can try to figure out what is happening? 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URL: http://lists.ottawaveg.com/pipermail/4animals/attachments/20060322/a26882b7/attachment.html From v at vaalea.com Thu Mar 23 05:14:04 2006 From: v at vaalea.com (vaalea) Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 00:14:04 -0500 Subject: [4animals] Press Release - Canadian Seafood Boycott Comes To A Boil Over Impending Seal Hunt Message-ID: <020201c64e38$9b3dc6d0$c305090a@v> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CANADIAN SEAFOOD BOYCOTT COMES TO A BOIL OVER IMPENDING SEAL HUNT Close to 50 More Restaurants Sign Pledge to Protect Seals WASHINGTON (March 23, 2006) - The Humane Society of the United States announced today another outpouring of support for their boycott of Canadian seafood which is designed to put a stop to the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of baby seals due to begin this week in Canada. Close to 50 more restaurants, including the Willard Hotel in Washington DC and three from Ontario, Canada, are pledging to boycott snow crabs and other seafood products from Canada until the hunt ends for good. "With the hunt due to begin any time, this is welcome news for the seals," said Pat Ragan, director of The HSUS Protect Seals campaign. "The Humane Society of the United States has noted that Canadian snow crab exports to the United States have dropped by over $150 million-nearly 10 times the value of the seal hunt and a 36 percent drop since the seafood boycott began. The Canadian government and the fishing industry need to decide whether maintaining a seal hunt is worth the cost to the country." Sealing is an off-season activity conducted by commercial fishermen from Canada's East Coast. Even in Newfoundland, where more than 90 percent of the sealers live, sealing income accounts for less than 1 percent of that province's gross domestic product and only 2 percent of the landed value of Newfoundland's fishery. More than two-thirds of Canadian seafood is exported to the United States, producing $2.8 billion annually for the Canadian economy and making the industry a viable target for a boycott. Other companies that have signed on to the boycott include Legal Sea Foods, Down East Seafood, Whole Foods Markets, Wild Oats Market, The Plitt Company, The Miami Crab Company, Palomino Foods and Monterey Fish Market. In addition, celebrity chefs such as Sandra Lee, Rocco Dispirito, and Canadian chef Jamie Kennedy have all signed the pledge. A complete list of new signatories follows. An updated list of all companies supporting the Protect Seals boycott of Canadian seafood is available at www.RestaurantsForSeals.org. For more information on The HSUS seal campaign, please visit www.ProtectSeals.org. The HSUS Protect Seals team is currently in Canada preparing to document this year's seal hunt. CONTACT: Tracey McIntire, 301-548-7793, tmcintire at hsus.org Restaurants recently signing the boycott pledge: CANADA Atmosphere Caf? & Etc. Ontario Bin 23 Restaurant Ontario The Cornerstone Ontario UNITED STATES Ardeo Restaurant Washington, DC Bonsai Restaurant Arlington, VA Brasserie Monte Carlo MD Catering Creations Omaha, NE Cesco Trattoria Bethesda, MD Delmonico's Lobster House Beverly Hills and Encino, CA El Coyote Caf? LA, CA Farallon Restaurant SF, CA Fiddlers Bistro LA, CA Gino's Restaurant Bronxville, NY Jackie's Restaurant Silver Spring, MD Jimmy's Fish and Grill Long Beach, CA MacCullum House Rest. & Grey Whale Bar Caf? Mendocino, CA Mama Voula's Santa Monica, CA Marcel Cocite Venice, CA Mark and Orlando's Restaurant Washington, DC McFoster's Natural Kind Caf? Omaha, NE Mezzaluna Scarsdale, NY Mi Piace Italian Restaurant and Bakery Lounge Pasadena, CA Mirabelle Restaurant West Hollywood, CA Off Vine Hollywood, CA Pesce Restaurant Washington, DC PGA Tour Grill Rockville, MD Puran's LA, CA Ray's Key West Grill Lake Worth, FL Rotelli Wellington, FL Rustico Italiano Restaurant Lake Worth, FL Sagebrush Cantina Calabasas, CA Sonora Caf? LA, CA Suriyo Thai Bistro LA, CA The Bottle Inn Ristorante Hermosa Beach, CA The Manor Hotel Hollywood, CA The Sisters of Bubik Coffee Caf? & Bagelry Pasadena, CA The Waterfront Restaurant SF, CA Thierry Ruaux Long Beach, CA Traxx Restaurant LA, CA Treehouse Sports Bar & Grille Simi Valley, CA Ulysses Voyage Greek Cuisine LA, CA Urth Caffe West Holllywood, CA Urth Caffe Beverly Hills, CA Urth Caffe Santa Monica, CA Urth Caffe LA, CA Willard Intercontinental Hotel Washington, DC --30-- The Humane Society of the United States is the nation's largest animal protection organization with more than 9.5 million members and constituents. The HSUS is a mainstream voice for animals, with active programs in companion animals, disaster preparedness and response, wildlife and habitat protection, marine mammals, animals in research, equine protection, and farm animal welfare. The HSUS protects all animals through education, investigation, litigation, legislation, advocacy and field work. The nonprofit organization is based in Washington and has field representatives and offices across the country. On the web at www.hsus.org. The Humane Society of the United States 2100 L St., NW Washington, DC 20037 www.hsus.org Promoting the Protection of All Animals Interested in taking action online to help animals? Then join our online community and sign up for our Humane Action Network. Go to www.hsus.org/join . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ottawaveg.com/pipermail/4animals/attachments/20060323/184109d6/attachment.html From v at vaalea.com Thu Mar 23 07:08:56 2006 From: v at vaalea.com (vaalea) Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 02:08:56 -0500 Subject: [4animals] News covering Bardot in Ottawa.... Message-ID: <02bd01c64e48$a6e9cd70$c305090a@v> The news on Bardot's Ottawa visit can be found here: http://news.google.ca/news?hl=en&tab=wn&ie=UTF-8&q=bardot+seal This quote's a gem: "For outsiders to come and tell sealers that they don't need to participate in an activity that feeds their families shows a deep misunderstanding of the issues," said Phil Jenkins, a spokesman for Canada's federal fisheries ministry." I'm pretty sure that thieves feed their families by stealing... that makes it ok? ( that quote is messed up on so many levels) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ottawaveg.com/pipermail/4animals/attachments/20060323/0042edeb/attachment.html From pamela_bjcu at yahoo.ca Thu Mar 23 14:31:21 2006 From: pamela_bjcu at yahoo.ca (Pamela) Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 09:31:21 -0500 (EST) Subject: [4animals] News covering Bardot in Ottawa.... In-Reply-To: <02bd01c64e48$a6e9cd70$c305090a@v> Message-ID: <20060323143121.75431.qmail@web54211.mail.yahoo.com> I was most irritated by a letter to the editor wondering why activists don't seem to have a problem with the treatment of other baby animals, such as farm animals (trying to show that McCartney, Bardot etc. are hypocrites). um, yeah, most of us do. The celebrities who have come out against the hunt are vegans, which shows tremendous concern for all animals. And they are also involved with many other aspects of animal advocacy. Heather Mills McCartney is the honorary chair for Farm Sanctuary's 2006 gala, for example. The problem isn't hypocrisy on the part of activists; if anything, it's a biased media who chooses to ignore any animal advocacy issue outside of those that involve cute animals. They will never cover issues pertaining to farm animal advocacy, because that challenges society's values too much. --- vaalea wrote: > The news on Bardot's Ottawa visit can be found here: > http://news.google.ca/news?hl=en&tab=wn&ie=UTF-8&q=bardot+seal > > This quote's a gem: > "For outsiders to come and tell sealers that they > don't need to participate in an activity that feeds > their families shows a deep misunderstanding of the > issues," said Phil Jenkins, a spokesman for Canada's > federal fisheries ministry." > > > I'm pretty sure that thieves feed their families by > stealing... that makes it ok? > > > ( that quote is messed up on so many levels)> _______________________________________________ > 4animals mailing list > 4animals at ottawaveg.com > http://lists.ottawaveg.com/mailman/listinfo/4animals > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com From pekieca at yahoo.com Thu Mar 23 21:03:10 2006 From: pekieca at yahoo.com (K) Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:03:10 -0500 (EST) Subject: [4animals] Seal Hunt Starts on Saturday In-Reply-To: <020201c64e38$9b3dc6d0$c305090a@v> Message-ID: <20060323210310.19889.qmail@web52712.mail.yahoo.com> The DFO is not giving Sea Shepherd, HSUS, or IFAW time to get permits to get to the floes as they are opening the "hunt" in two days! BTW, here is a link to pix and stories from the International Day of Protest held on March 15. http://www.seashepherd.org/events/seal_protest_060315.html#Nanaimo Note in Cape Town, South Africa, Rutger Hauer participated (he was the baddie in "Blade Runner"). Martin Sheen took part in the LA protest. Next year, Ottawa should definitely plan something. --------------------------------- Share your photos with the people who matter at Yahoo! Canada Photos -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ottawaveg.com/pipermail/4animals/attachments/20060323/9ab16d4c/attachment.html From v at vaalea.com Fri Mar 24 01:09:54 2006 From: v at vaalea.com (vaalea) Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 20:09:54 -0500 Subject: [4animals] News covering Bardot in Ottawa.... References: <20060323143121.75431.qmail@web54211.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <004701c64edf$a9358b90$6500a8c0@v> It's a trick! In the Larry King show this happened: WILLIAMS: Paul, I've said to you, you also have to look, there are 6 million white tail deer that are being killed in America. There are 200 million cows that are being slaughtered... P. MCCARTNEY: Yes, but you're getting off the issue. H. MCCARTNEY: You keep going off it. P. MCCARTNEY: We're here to talk about the seal hunt. WILLIAMS: There are 2 billion chickens that are being slaughtered. Why is the fuzzy seal photo-op the important one? Why aren't you down in a slaughter house where cows are being killed or calves are being killed or lambs are being killed or chickens are being killed? H. MCCARTNEY: Think about it. OK. Let's forget that you don't care about the humanity. WILLIAMS: It's quite obvious... KING: One at a time. WILLIAMS: It's the easy photo-op where you can get the best picture, so, you know, it's obviously that... KING: Danny, let her speak. H. MCCARTNEY: How can your accountants not look at a 129 million lost in snow crab exports to America. One hundred and twenty-nine million lost snow crab exports to America. Sixteen million is the lost... WILLIAMS: Heather, if you and Paul have your way -- if you and Paul take your argument to where you want to go with it, the Red Lobsters will close, the McDonald's will close, the restaurants will close because they all sell beef or poultry. Basically they are telling the public that if you support the McCartneys and others against the seal hunt, they will make you all go on a salad diet. Which from our side sounds fine... people should say no to killing seals and then they should come to understand that if they are against clubbing seals, maybe they should also be against slaughter houses. But enough people are going to say "well, I like meat, so I have to support the hunt." If you don't care about farm animals you are a hypocrite, and if you DO care about farm animals, well.. you're an extremist. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pamela" To: "For animal welfare/rights information and events." <4animals at ottawaveg.com> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 9:31 AM Subject: Re: [4animals] News covering Bardot in Ottawa.... >I was most irritated by a letter to the editor > wondering why activists don't seem to have a problem > with the treatment of other baby animals, such as farm > animals (trying to show that McCartney, Bardot etc. > are hypocrites). > > um, yeah, most of us do. The celebrities who have come > out against the hunt are vegans, which shows > tremendous concern for all animals. And they are also > involved with many other aspects of animal advocacy. > Heather Mills McCartney is the honorary chair for Farm > Sanctuary's 2006 gala, for example. > > The problem isn't hypocrisy on the part of activists; > if anything, it's a biased media who chooses to ignore > any animal advocacy issue outside of those that > involve cute animals. They will never cover issues > pertaining to farm animal advocacy, because that > challenges society's values too much. > > > --- vaalea wrote: > >> The news on Bardot's Ottawa visit can be found here: >> > http://news.google.ca/news?hl=en&tab=wn&ie=UTF-8&q=bardot+seal >> >> This quote's a gem: >> "For outsiders to come and tell sealers that they >> don't need to participate in an activity that feeds >> their families shows a deep misunderstanding of the >> issues," said Phil Jenkins, a spokesman for Canada's >> federal fisheries ministry." >> >> >> I'm pretty sure that thieves feed their families by >> stealing... that makes it ok? >> >> >> ( that quote is messed up on so many levels)> > _______________________________________________ >> 4animals mailing list >> 4animals at ottawaveg.com >> http://lists.ottawaveg.com/mailman/listinfo/4animals >> > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > 4animals mailing list > 4animals at ottawaveg.com > http://lists.ottawaveg.com/mailman/listinfo/4animals > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ottawaveg.com/pipermail/4animals/attachments/20060323/b7eac8cd/attachment.html From v at vaalea.com Fri Mar 24 00:53:40 2006 From: v at vaalea.com (vaalea) Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 19:53:40 -0500 Subject: [4animals] OPIRG Animal Rights Awareness Week Message-ID: <001b01c64edd$66085980$6500a8c0@v> Animal Rights Awareness Week Animal activist? Considering vegetarianism? Hate fur coats? Detest animal cruelty and abuse? Just interested in learning more? Then come out for OPIRG's Animal Rights Awareness Week!! Learn about the plight of animals and the positive steps you can take in your daily life. The Animal Rights Awareness Week kicks off with a Fur Protest, organized with Ottawa Animal Activists, Ottawa Veg and other animal activists, followed by movie nights and a Vegan BBQ. All are welcome! When, Where and What: Anti-Fur Demonstration: March 25th, Noon-1pm, in front of Shopper's Drug mart. Posters and flyers will be available. The Witness: Tuesday March 28th, 5:30pm-7pm, University Center (UC), Room 180 How does a construction contractor from a tough Brooklyn neighborhood become an impassioned animal activist? Meet Your Meat: Wednesday March 29th, 5pm-7pm, UC 282. Think cows, pigs and chickens lead happy lives on farms? Ever wondered where your steak and hamburgers come from? Educate yourself. Vegan BBQ: Thursday March 30th, 12:30-3:30pm. Mmmmm, FREE yummy food without the pain and suffering! We'll be setting up in the quad! (Weather permitting) Peaceable Kingdom: Friday, March 31st, 5pm-7pm, UC 180. We're told life is cruel. But does it have to be? What if the things you were taught don't make sense anymore? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ottawaveg.com/pipermail/4animals/attachments/20060323/e815e474/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: ARAwarenessWeek.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 69310 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.ottawaveg.com/pipermail/4animals/attachments/20060323/e815e474/attachment.jpg From edandrea at magma.ca Fri Mar 24 04:29:15 2006 From: edandrea at magma.ca (Edelweiss D'Andrea) Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 23:29:15 -0500 Subject: [4animals] News covering Bardot in Ottawa.... In-Reply-To: <004701c64edf$a9358b90$6500a8c0@v> Message-ID: I read the newspaper today and was ready to bite the head off of the poor woman next to me, I was so made. These are really good points. Why not write to the editor of the Citizen saying yes, we care about farm animals, we care about animals being killed for their fur, and we believe that animals have a right to live in and of themselves. Here are some good quotes: "Thou shalt not kill" does not apply to murder of one's own kind only, but to all living beings; and this Commandment was inscribed in the human breast long before it was proclaimed from Sinai. ~Leo Tolstoy To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being. I should be unwilling to take the life of a lamb for the sake of the human body. ~Mahatma Gandhi Truely man is the king of beasts, for his brutality exceeds theirs. We live by the death of others: we are burial places! I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look on the murder of animals as they now look on the murder of men. ~Leonardo da Vinci I have no doubt that it is a part of the destiny of the human race, in its gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals, as surely as the savage tribes have left off eating each other.... ~Henry David Thoreau, Walden, 1854 -----Original Message----- From: 4animals-bounces at ottawaveg.com [mailto:4animals-bounces at ottawaveg.com]On Behalf Of vaalea Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 8:10 PM To: For animal welfare/rights information and events. Subject: Re: [4animals] News covering Bardot in Ottawa.... It's a trick! In the Larry King show this happened: WILLIAMS: Paul, I've said to you, you also have to look, there are 6 million white tail deer that are being killed in America. There are 200 million cows that are being slaughtered... P. MCCARTNEY: Yes, but you're getting off the issue. H. MCCARTNEY: You keep going off it. P. MCCARTNEY: We're here to talk about the seal hunt. WILLIAMS: There are 2 billion chickens that are being slaughtered. Why is the fuzzy seal photo-op the important one? Why aren't you down in a slaughter house where cows are being killed or calves are being killed or lambs are being killed or chickens are being killed? H. MCCARTNEY: Think about it. OK. Let's forget that you don't care about the humanity. WILLIAMS: It's quite obvious... KING: One at a time. WILLIAMS: It's the easy photo-op where you can get the best picture, so, you know, it's obviously that... KING: Danny, let her speak. H. MCCARTNEY: How can your accountants not look at a 129 million lost in snow crab exports to America. One hundred and twenty-nine million lost snow crab exports to America. Sixteen million is the lost... WILLIAMS: Heather, if you and Paul have your way -- if you and Paul take your argument to where you want to go with it, the Red Lobsters will close, the McDonald's will close, the restaurants will close because they all sell beef or poultry. Basically they are telling the public that if you support the McCartneys and others against the seal hunt, they will make you all go on a salad diet. Which from our side sounds fine... people should say no to killing seals and then they should come to understand that if they are against clubbing seals, maybe they should also be against slaughter houses. But enough people are going to say "well, I like meat, so I have to support the hunt." If you don't care about farm animals you are a hypocrite, and if you DO care about farm animals, well.. you're an extremist. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pamela" To: "For animal welfare/rights information and events." <4animals at ottawaveg.com> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 9:31 AM Subject: Re: [4animals] News covering Bardot in Ottawa.... >I was most irritated by a letter to the editor > wondering why activists don't seem to have a problem > with the treatment of other baby animals, such as farm > animals (trying to show that McCartney, Bardot etc. > are hypocrites). > > um, yeah, most of us do. The celebrities who have come > out against the hunt are vegans, which shows > tremendous concern for all animals. And they are also > involved with many other aspects of animal advocacy. > Heather Mills McCartney is the honorary chair for Farm > Sanctuary's 2006 gala, for example. > > The problem isn't hypocrisy on the part of activists; > if anything, it's a biased media who chooses to ignore > any animal advocacy issue outside of those that > involve cute animals. They will never cover issues > pertaining to farm animal advocacy, because that > challenges society's values too much. > > > --- vaalea wrote: > >> The news on Bardot's Ottawa visit can be found here: >> > http://news.google.ca/news?hl=en&tab=wn&ie=UTF-8&q=bardot+seal >> >> This quote's a gem: >> "For outsiders to come and tell sealers that they >> don't need to participate in an activity that feeds >> their families shows a deep misunderstanding of the >> issues," said Phil Jenkins, a spokesman for Canada's >> federal fisheries ministry." >> >> >> I'm pretty sure that thieves feed their families by >> stealing... that makes it ok? >> >> >> ( that quote is messed up on so many levels)> > _______________________________________________ >> 4animals mailing list >> 4animals at ottawaveg.com >> http://lists.ottawaveg.com/mailman/listinfo/4animals >> > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > 4animals mailing list > 4animals at ottawaveg.com > http://lists.ottawaveg.com/mailman/listinfo/4animals > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ottawaveg.com/pipermail/4animals/attachments/20060323/20215d8a/attachment.html From v at vaalea.com Fri Mar 24 16:18:04 2006 From: v at vaalea.com (vaalea) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 11:18:04 -0500 Subject: [4animals] I rented the show "project runway" on DVD..... Message-ID: <021d01c64f5e$87e5c3e0$6500a8c0@v> Thursday, March 9 Even if you don't have cable and you don't religiously read the fashion magazines, you probably have heard the buzz about Bravo's Project Runway and the first winner Jay McCarroll. This boy wonder has been making news across the country, dressing the red carpet cuties and sitting front row at most every show since he was crowned the winner of Project Runway. But his superstar cachet isn't what makes us love him-it is his sincere affection for animals and his motivation to make the world a better place through fashion. Nibbling french fries with Jay at Manhattan's Lucky Strike, it was hard not to be impressed with his consistent activism as well as his outrageous sense of humor. As a designer, Jay understands how important it is to provide animal-friendly options, and he intends to do exactly that with his upcoming line of clothing. Also good news for compassionate fashionistas: he intends for this line to be accessibly affordable. Wednesday, February 22 The Bravo network knew they had a hit with Jay McCarroll when he won their first season of Project Runway, hence the creation of the special Project Jay. The Project Jay premiere party was an impressive collection of models and celebrities, with some of the biggest new names in the fashion industry, but what impressed me most was Jay's devotion to his dog Willow, a medium-sized mixed breed rescued from a shelter-as well as his devotion to creating clothing that makes you look as good on the outside as you feel on the inside. Jay's cruelty-free creations were everywhere, from the big projected screens to the 6-foot models milling about. It would be great to see more of Jay and his animal-friendly work on this heavily watched fashion network. Please contact Bravo and let them know "we love Jay!" Speaking with a reporter at a party, I learned about how the press has been following Jay's every move. Even while in the spotlight, Jay kindly took the time to talk with me about how animals are suffering for misguided fashion statements. He told me he would check out ---- He was as outraged as most people are when they learn about the cruelty. I know I was. _______________________________________________________________________________ The website was censored for your own benefit. =0( If you insist on seeing the link, this is the site I got the above text from: http://www.hsus.org/wildlife/fur_and_trapping/furblog_2006.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ottawaveg.com/pipermail/4animals/attachments/20060324/da3ac34e/attachment.html From v at vaalea.com Fri Mar 24 16:28:40 2006 From: v at vaalea.com (vaalea) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 11:28:40 -0500 Subject: [4animals] Deerhunter turned animal rights fighter Message-ID: <022c01c64f60$04a0a750$6500a8c0@v> For a change, some good news from China regarding animals. (I was reading some truly atrocious things on China Daily). http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/13/content_433618.htm Deerhunter turned animal rights fighter Wang Yuanchuang 2005-04-13 06:00 An expert marksman, Wang Yushan has been working hard to atone for his slaying of countless roe deer decades ago. During the past 19 years he has rescued and raised a great number of roes at his ranch, which also provides breeding stock, and today is home to over 100. "I'm planning to establish another bigger one that must be far in the wilds," said 71-year-old Wang. In the early 1960s he was the director of the local military office of Weichang County in the northern province of Hebei. Weichang County, stretching north to Bashang in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and south to Chengde in Hebei, is known as the "home of the roe," with its abundant forests and numerous wild animals. It used to be the hunting grounds of the Qing court from the reign of Emperor Kangxi (1654-1722). In the 1960s Weichang, some 450 kilometres east of Beijing, was a military frontline because of the tension between China and the then USSR. Wang led his civilian troops during their routine national service training across the mountains and out onto the grasslands. "To train the sharpshooters I chose the running roes as our targets," Wang recalled. He once shot over 100 in one day. Wang still remembers his first shot. "My hands were trembling while targeting a strong roebuck which had good brown fur and two big horns," he recalls. "I had been holding my gun for over 10 minutes as it stared at me unperturbed. "After that first shot, whenever a roe saw me it would run away as quickly as possible," Wang said. "Perhaps they learnt to smell the gunpowder." This shooting training continued until the mid 1970s when relations between the two countries normalized. But by then, the former "home of the roes" had lost its population. Repaying the debt In the early 1980s Wang had learnt much from the media about the threat of extinction looming over many species of wild animals. "I always feel guilty for those I killed," he said, still haunted by live target practices too many to number. "I feel shame whenever someone mentions the so-called honourable title 'expert marksman'," he said. "I made up my mind I must do something for the creatures." Wang began to search for traces of wild roe. He usually trekked 10 kilometres a day in the mountains, particularly in late autumn and early winter, the traditional hunting season. One day in 1987 when he was on a business trip and travelling by train to Inner Mongolia, Wang heard that a woman living in the remote Tiantaiyong Village had caught a roe. Wang raced to her home and saw a roe kid tied with her rear right leg bleeding. "It seemed that I could feel the hurt," Wang recalled. He gave all the money he had on him, 200 yuan (US$24), to the woman and took the kid back home. He treated its wounds and then gave it his bed. After several days, the little roe began to recover and Wang named it Jiaojiao, a name often used for a pretty girl in Chinese. Every day Wang had to cycle more than 3 kilometres to buy goats milk to feed the kid. All the time, Wang was thinking "of finding her a mother in the woods." When Jiaojiao recovered fully, Wang took her to the mountains, hoping to find a doe which would feed her. After placing the kid by a tree, Wang hid in a nearby bush and began to bleat imitating a roe kid. After several days of trying his deer calls were answered and a doe approached the kid. But she ran away after sniffing and touching Jiaojiao. "She probably smelt something human and was frightened off," said Wang, who abandoned the idea of returning the kid to the wild. Searching for a better way to raise the roe, Wang continued to frequent the mountains where roes might be found. When he did encounter any, he would watch and see what they chose to eat, and learn more about their habits. Armed with this knowledge he prepared a menu for Jiaojiao from different selections of grass and leaves. He also created a sort of grass powder as a dietary supplement for her. A year on Jiaojiao had grown stronger weighing 30 kilograms. "She loved to be close to my wife and me, rubbing her head against us," said Wang. "When she felt happy she would jump with her rear feet lifted high. She became a member of our family." But the time came when Wang realized it was time for Jiaojiao to find a mate. In the spring of 1988 he was told a villager in Yangepai had caught a roebuck. Wang went there and spent 1,000 yuan (US$120) to bring the creature back and named it Zhuangzhuang, meaning a strong boy in Chinese. He built a new pen for the pair and a year later Jiaojiao gave birth to two kids - one male and one female. Wang and his family were thrilled and he and his wife Li Guiyun resolved to put all their efforts into taking care of their growing roe family. "We treated her as our own daughter," said Li. Ongoing rescue "I felt a bit relieved after the success of rescuing Jiaojiao and Zhuangzhuang," Wang said. It also galvanized him to greater efforts to rescue other roe deer. Since those early days and the chance encounter with Jiaojiao he has continued to trek the mountains, forests and villages in search of injured or trapped roe. Over the years he has developed his own special remedies and treatment methods for helping injured animals. He still remembers how he saved a strong roebuck. The roe was close to death when Wang found him. For seven days and nights he and his wife nursed the animal, but saw no sign of recovery. The roebuck refused to eat anything. It came to the eighth day when it was snowing heavily. Wang found the roe licking the snow. He quickly mixed snow with bean powder and hand fed the roebuck. His patience paid off and the animal grew stronger and stronger, later becoming one of the studs. Seeing the roebuck restored to health, Wang decided to set up his roe breeding and stud ranch at Bashang. He still continues to make forays into the wild on the lookout for does in need of rescue. He has also returned a number back to the wild. Running free In the early autumn of 1990 Wang decided to send away four strong ones, including Jiaojiao and Zhuangzhuang. "I starved them for two days, in the hope that they could quickly get used to the wild," Wang said. With tags on their ears they seemed quite excited when they entered the forest. It was on top of the hill where Wang had taken his first shot a lifetime before that he released them. Two quickly disappeared into the depths of the forest, but Jiaojiao and Zhuangzhuang were reluctant to stray far from his side. They took a few steps and stopped. "They turned around and looked at me," said Wang. He waved his hand, signalling them to go ahead. "They seemed to understand what I meant, and they began searching for fresh leaves," he said. He slipped away as quickly as possible. "Although I had realized my wish of returning them to the wild, my happiness was mixed with sorrow," said Wang. He endured a sleepless night when he got home, with the two roes running through his dreams. The next morning he opened the door half expecting to see them, but they were not there. But on the third day he awoke early and heard something familiar. "I shouted to my wife 'it's her'," Wang recalled. To their surprise, they found Jiaojiao and Zhuangzhuang wet with morning dew outside when they opened the door. The pair immediately came forward and pressed their heads against Wang and his wife. "I couldn't help holding them tight," said Wang who gave up on the idea of returning them to the wild and to this day, 18 years on, they are still with him. Wang has, however, succeeded in returning 21 roes to the wild since 1990. Frustration "To arouse public awareness about the need to protect wild animals is another crucial task," said Wang, who later found that some of the roes he released were killed by poachers. Spring Festival 2000 was a bad time for Wang. He and his family were at a banquet to celebrate his mother-in-law's birthday when one of the guests announced they had caught a 50-kilogram roebuck. "My sixth sense told me it must be one of mine because wild ones are never over 40 kilograms," he recalls. Wang rushed out to the courtyard and found the dead roe. "I almost fell to the ground when I saw the tag on its ear," he said, "I recognized it was Daming who I released a year before." The incident was a body blow to Wang. Not least because he had pondered long about whether or not to release that doe. Following that incident he decided to set about educating his neighbours and the community in general about his breeding programme and the need to protect the dwindling numbers of wild roe deer. Since then he has shared his experiences to people in more than 10 cities and provinces across the country, and reared more than 400 roebuck studs. He has also published a 150,000-word introduction on how to breed wild roes in China, and which explores breeding methods. "The wild ones," said Wang, his eyes gleaming with joy and a glint of redemption, "are coming back. I saw their traces in the forests while trekking in the mountains." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ottawaveg.com/pipermail/4animals/attachments/20060324/4bf4cc5d/attachment.html From v at vaalea.com Mon Mar 27 06:51:23 2006 From: v at vaalea.com (vaalea) Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 01:51:23 -0500 Subject: [4animals] Fw: [wildlifeontario] Letter submitted to Ottawa Citizen today in defense of Bardot's animal welfare work Message-ID: <002801c6516a$dcf450a0$6500a8c0@v> Here is a message from the wildlifeontario mailing list I'm on..... ----- Original Message ----- From: LINDA STEELE To: wildlifeontario at yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 4:27 PM Subject: [wildlifeontario] Letter submitted to Ottawa Citizen today in defense of Bardot's animal welfare work As I suspected would happen, a couple of letters were published today regarding why doesn't Bardot complain about bull fighting and abbatoirs, etc. so I sent this letter in response. Re: "Bardot's outrage is selective" and "Abattoir Realities" letters published Sunday, March 26, 2006 Brigitte Bardot cares and campaigns for animals worldwide not only seal pups Perhaps to most Canadians Brigitte Bardot is only famous for bringing attention to the killing of Canadian seal pups. However, lesser known but equally important is that Bardot, along with her Brigitte Bardot Foundation, is well respected internationally and since 1986 has been campaigning vigorously on numerous animal welfare issues around the world including bull fighting in France and Spain. In 1962, well before she drew worldwide attention to the slaughter of Canadian baby seals, Brigitte Bardot was the first public figure to denounce the cruel methods of killing used in slaughterhouses in France. This led to the introduction of more humane methods. Her Foundation also works directly in the field providing such services as animal rescues, and cat and dog sterilization campaigns, For example, in 1998, the Foundation set up a mobile veterinary clinic and currently runs a large campaign for the sterilization of stray dogs in Eastern Europe. The Foundation also created a sanctuary for former "Dancing Bears" in Bulgaria-bears that had been trained to so call "dance" by having the soles of their feet repeatedly burned. In 2002 the Foundation also won the battle against the "dancing" bear tradition in Bulgaria as the Bulgarian Parliament passed a law that prohibits anyone to hunt, sell, buy or exhibit a brown bear in front of a paying audience. Bardot is not selective in her outrage against animal abuse. In fact, Brigitte Bardot is one of the world's leading animal welfare activists and I am grateful that she took the time to visit Canada to once again to help shine the spotlight on Canada's cruel and disgraceful baby seal slaughter. Sincerely, L. Steele Ottawa -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ottawaveg.com/pipermail/4animals/attachments/20060327/1a39bd7e/attachment.html From edandrea at magma.ca Sun Mar 26 20:07:53 2006 From: edandrea at magma.ca (Edelweiss D'Andrea) Date: 26 Mar 2006 20:07:53 -0000 Subject: [4animals] Urge Canada's Prime Minister to put an end to the seal hunt Message-ID: <20060326200753.27481.2074.qmail@web11.getactive.com> Negative stories have dominated press coverage of the Canadian seal hunt around the world. Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Canada was victim of an "international propaganda campaign", and insisted the cull would be carried out humanely. However, evidence shows that the seal hunt is unnecessary. Hunters make, on average, only 5% of their annual income from the seal hunt and the revenue could easily be replaced by ecotourism. Seals are not responsible for the low cod counts; in Canada, as all over the world, fish are at record lows due to overfishing. while most seals may be killed humanely, some seals are still being skinned while alive. Please see reports: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4844008.stm http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/tempers-fray-as-bloody-canadian-seal-cull-begins/2006/03/26/1143330931601.html http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002890179_seals26.html http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-13515822,00.html?f=rss http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1768935&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1739759,00.html http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0,36-753836,0.html With more than 317,000 seals killed for their fur in 2005 alone -- 98% of whom were babies under three months of age -- Canada's harp seal hunt is the largest commercial hunt of marine mammals on earth. It is certainly the cruelest. Although Canadian citizens don't support the seal hunt, the fishing industry and the federal government have refused to end it. With the recent election of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, there is renewed hope that 2006 will be the last year that seals are clubbed and shot to death on Canadian ice for. As Prime Minister Harper begins his term, we have an unprecedented opportunity to influence the Canadian government and save hundreds of thousands of baby seals. Please take action today to help end the cruel Canadian seal hunts by sending an e-mail to Prime Minister Harper immediately. Thank you! https://community.hsus.org/campaign/harper_protectseals?rk=I7S4M6Y1SXEPW *************************************** Powered by GetActive Software, Inc. Member Relationship Management Solutions That Recruit, Engage, and Retain (tm) http://www.getactive.com *************************************** From mbarrett at connect.carleton.ca Sun Mar 26 22:41:00 2006 From: mbarrett at connect.carleton.ca (Meredith Barrett) Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 17:41:00 -0500 (EST) Subject: [4animals] angry sealers Message-ID: <3585483.1143412860114.JavaMail.mbarrett@connect.carleton.ca> hey guys check this out http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/26032006/2/national-frustration-hot-tempers-mark-opening-weekend-east-coast-seal.html very shamefuly behavior in my eyes and they don't have a leg to stand on (or harapik) meredith From v_good at rogers.com Mon Mar 27 05:19:02 2006 From: v_good at rogers.com (v_good at rogers.com) Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 00:19:02 -0500 Subject: [4animals] feedback? Message-ID: <001301c6515d$f67c2fa0$da5f8b48@Victoria> If you can stomach it re seals: http://www.ottawasun.com/News/National/2006/03/26/1505686-sun.html I'm curious if anyone thinks coverage like this will draw more sympathy to the cause...or do people think the average person just thinks nothing of crushing seal skulls etc? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ottawaveg.com/pipermail/4animals/attachments/20060327/ab4c1ce3/attachment.html From v at vaalea.com Tue Mar 28 23:51:22 2006 From: v at vaalea.com (vaalea) Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 18:51:22 -0500 Subject: [4animals] Another celebrity coming to Ottawa? Message-ID: <00c201c652c2$850099e0$6500a8c0@v> http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=12e1380f-0d57-4640-a10c-95c06181c933&k=26932 Pamela Anderson asks PM to meet about seal hunt after she hosts Junos Angela Pacienza, Canadian Press Published: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 TORONTO (CP) - Add Pamela Anderson's name to the list of celebrities speaking out against the East Coast seal hunt. The bombshell actress has asked for a meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper to discuss the issue following her hosting duties at Sunday's Juno Awards in Halifax. "As a proud Canadian who frequently travels abroad, I am alarmed that people are starting to see Canada as a country more beholden to a pack of greedy hunters and to the seal-skin 'fashion' whims of a few countries than to the massive international outcry against the hunt," Anderson, a vocal member of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, said in a letter faxed to Harper's office late Monday. "One of the biggest problems facing the U.S. government is appearing aloof about its own hostile behaviour; I'd hate to see that happen north of the border too." The actor and model said she's collected thousands of signatures via an online PETA petition protesting the seal hunt. Anderson, who is from Ladysmith, B.C., said she wants to visit Ottawa on Monday to meet with Harper. The seal hunt, which started last weekend, has attracted plenty of celebrity protesters this year, including former Beatle Paul McCartney and his wife Heather Mills. Brigitte Bardot visited Ottawa earlier this month asking for a meeting with government officials but was refused. Singer Morrissey has said he won't include Canada on any tours until the seal hunt ends. Some East Coast musicians, including Great Big Sea's Alan Doyle who is expected to attend the Juno gala, have criticized the celebrity protesters, calling their photos with baby seals unfair to sealers. Show organizers say they don't expect the two-hour program will become a political affair, despite the rising chorus from celebrities against the seal harvest. "I don't think it's (Anderson's) intention to politicize the Juno Awards," said executive producer John Brunton, who had been forewarned of Anderson's letter to Harper. "My instinct is that she'll keep this part of her life off the stage. It's a music show. I'm sure she'll respect that." But he acknowledged that celebrities have been known to use prime-time events to make statements in the past. When she hosted the Junos in 2004, Alanis Morissette took a memorable jab at U.S. censorship. During the show, which took place just months after Janet Jackson's nipple was exposed during a Superbowl halftime performance, Morissette dropped a white robe to reveal a nude-coloured body suit with pasties covering her breasts. Said Brunton: "It's a live show. Who knows what people will say?" Harper has repeatedly defended the seal hunt, saying that Canada is the "victim of a bit of an international propaganda campaign." A call to his office Tuesday was not returned. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ottawaveg.com/pipermail/4animals/attachments/20060328/5e2bbaf4/attachment.html