Good News???

[Nick Kay]

As per a number of news reports and I hope its true...

"EC to ban import of all seal products"

[Richard Mason]

Originally Posted by Nick Kay

As per a number of news reports and I hope its true...

"EC to ban import of all seal products"

Shouldn't that be the province of sovereign governments rather than the arcane decision of someone living in an ivory tower in Brussels?

Admirable sentiment etc for the Bambi Brigade but I have to say that the Modus Operandi of someone in a foreign country deciding what one can and can't buy from another foreign country concerns me.

Secondly, are the seals concerned actually endangered? Given that the Canucks have been baseball batting them by the tens of thousands for centuries now and despite this, they aren't extinct, (unlike most of the Fisheries "managed" by the EU), it would appear to be one of the few wildlife resources that's actually got long term sustainability.

If the EU were that bothered about animal welfare, they'd be banning battery cages, pate foi de gras etc that's going on within their own environs - getting hot under the collar over a few thousand seals getting blatted is just tokenism compared with modern factory farming, in which EU countries are world leaders.

Oh... maybe that's why they won't ban it. Silly me.

[Jay_Benson]

Originally Posted by Richard Mason

Shouldn't that be the province of sovereign governments rather than the arcane decision of someone living in an ivory tower in Brussels?

Admirable sentiment etc for the Bambi Brigade but I have to say that the Modus Operandi of someone in a foreign country deciding what one can and can't buy from another foreign country concerns me.

Secondly, are the seals concerned actually endangered? Given that the Canucks have been baseball batting them by the tens of thousands for centuries now and despite this, they aren't extinct, (unlike most of the Fisheries "managed" by the EU), it would appear to be one of the few wildlife resources that's actually got long term sustainability.

If the EU were that bothered about animal welfare, they'd be banning battery cages, pate foi de gras etc that's going on within their own environs - getting hot under the collar over a few thousand seals getting blatted is just tokenism compared with modern factory farming, in which EU countries are world leaders.

Oh... maybe that's why they won't ban it. Silly me.

They are banning battery cages and they have just developed a way of producing pate de froi gras without the animal crualty (apart from the killing bit).

[Justin Owen]

You sure?

I thought they were switching to humane cages that have a piece of astro-turf and a perch in them... Chickens might be daft but they ain't stupid!

Good news is it appears alot of people are switching to free range for eggs and meat now...