Props To Putin! Wants To End Russia’s Seal Hunt
Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, March 11th, 2009 in Animal Issues, Politicians.
A lot of talk goes on about Canada’s annual seal hunt, but did you know that Russia has one too?
And if Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has anything to do with it, the “bloody industry,” as he called it, will end soon.
Raise the roof for Russia!
“It is clear that [our hunt] should have been banned a long time ago,” Mr. Putin said, according to a statement distributed yesterday by the embassy in Ottawa.
Recently, Russia has stopped the killing of baby seals, or whitecoats. Now it’s looking to stop the killing of all seals, although a timeframe for this has not yet been established.
Proponents of seal hunts say it’s necessary to control the population. But Russia’s seal population has been declining since 1928. Not to mention the cruelness of the act, which involves clubbing a seal on its head repeatedly.
Canadian seal pelts are marketed to Russia, but no word on whether these will be banned as well. Some sources say that Russia is the #1 country behind China for imported seal pelt products.
The European Union is currently calling to ban the shipment of seal products across member countries.
Source: The Global Mail
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