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Save The Seals
Filed under: Canadialand > Personally Perez
One of the best things about having a widely-read website is being able to share our thoughts about important issues. From gay rights to health care reform, Perez has spoken out repeatedly about social concerns that matter to him. That's why we jumped at the chance to star in PETA's 'Save the Seals' Celebrity Ad Campaign.
Every year, sealers bash in the skulls of baby seals and hook them in their eyes, cheeks or mouths, then drag them across the ice – sometimes while they are still conscious!
This is disgusting and wrong!!!!
The European Union and the U.S. have banned seal fur. And world leaders as diverse as Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Obama have condemned the massacre of baby seals.
Get with it, Canada!
We are so outraged by this unnecessary cruelty! We've taken part in the 'Save the Seals' Celebrity Ad Campaign alongside Kelly Osbourne, Jennie Garth, and more. And we encourage our Perezcious readers to CLICK HERE to find out what YOU can do to help!
Please join us in trying to STOP the seal slaughter!
Perez
Update: CLICK HERE to get your own Save The Seals t-shirt!
Perez! And I though you'd know better.
Yay for saving seals, i
Woow, You look very good in that pic …. Be simple it's a better outfit for you!
Love your shirt Perez!!! You are a friend to the animals and that is awesome!!
Re: RedWingsFan – DAMN YOU! You beat me to that comment…'cept, I would've said:
Save the seals, club whale Perez.
As much as I love you and you look fab in that pic, a little research would have been nice. Seal hunting is an aboriginal custom in Canada, and they are used for food, not fur. Don't waste your time with Peta - I believe in animal rights as much as the next person, but those people are just crazy
BTW,you eat meat Perez…dumbfuck.
And I'm sad to say I'm a member of PETA, because they're allowing you to be a spokesman.
I love how everyone who supports PETA has no clue of what they are talking about. I do however agree with them on one thing, white coats are the cutest little animals. However, white coats down stay "cute little white coats" for long. They soon turn into big ugly seals which are quite scary up close. Myself, a girl from Newfoundland, Canada, has seen her fair share of angry adult seals, and these are not friendly or cute animals. Also, these animals are not clubed to death and still alive when hunted, the majority of them are shot, in a human manner, much the same as hunting deer and moose. Please people get your facts straight before you accuse "us Canaidians" of being inhumane people. I'm from Newfoundland and we have been named one of the most friendly and welcoming people in all of Canada, please dont be so closed minded, and actually understand the situation and us Canadians before juding.
You are rediculous. This post is insulting to Newfoundlanders and Canadian's.
First of all, they do not kill baby seals. It has been illegal for over 20 years.
Secondly, they are shot. They should be treated just like any other mammal….is it a sin to kill Chickens? What about the way they kill cows? If you have such a strong oppinion on the matter why not discuss the other animals that get killed….
This post just showed how incredibly ignorant Perez is on the topic, and should therefore not support it or defend it. Just shut up!
Hey Perez,
I realize that many may think it is cruel to hunt the seal, but you have to understand where these people who hunt the seals live. I myself live in a very Northern remote community in Canada, although, not as far North as where the seal hunts take place. These people do not have Walmarts and all those stores to just go buy a winter coat, or go buy a few steaks to throw on the BBQ. They hunt because this is how they have lived for ages upon ages and it's how they survive. While it may seem savage to some, just remember that they are people too and that they need to eat to survive. Now just like a farmer who's crop goes bad, the government is left to bail them out. Anyways, I could go on an on…. but regardless, do a bit of research before you go stomping into unknown territory. Peta should go save some test animals and leave the Inuit alone.
Humans are the devils on earth! Animals are the angels on earth. We ruined this planet. We destructed mother nature…now we're trying to kill off the animals. For f*cking FUR? To all the c8nts who wear fur….YOU LOOK LIKE AN 80S HOOKER. Fur is not only morally incorrect, it looks LAME, LAME, LAME, LAME, LAME!!!!!! Like a trailer park walmart employee who wants to get gussied up so she thinks if she saves up and purchases fur, she'll be looking very upscale and posh. WRONG. You still look very trailer park. No animal should die so you can look like a trashy hooker!
Re: newfiechic – I agree too!
They are not BABIES they are PUPS
If your help for the seals is as effective as your help for Gay rights or for health reform (Perez, please!) then those seals better say their prayers and their last wishes.
with all due respect, PETA doesnt have a CLUE about the seal hunt~! I happen to know alot about it because its a part of my culture (not only the Innu hunt seals btw)… It is FAR less cruel then what they do to chickens or cows lol…. People actually EAT seal meat, its not about the fur…Its how people make a living, and a family member of mine travels with seal hunters to ensure they are following all RULES (because they do exist) and they are being humane… the seals do not suffer, the hunt has changed since 1950 for christ sakes… Do your research!!!!!
There are much bigger issues in the world today than stopping a cultural ritual that's been around for hundreds of years.
Is there such strong opposition to people who hunt for their food elsewhere in the world? THe only reason it gets attention is because they're baby seals..and cute.
Stop world Hunger!!!! All this money could be going to a much better cause. Stop genocide in Darfur! Humans lives are more important than seals. When that porblem is solved..then maybe you can worry about the seals.
To all the Canucks on here who argue those seals feed the locals in the near by communities, TOUGH BREAK! Go find other meats to consume. There's plenty of more options. So no one's buying what you're selling. Anyone who could use any part of the seal that's last moments on this planet were of pure torture, pain, and senseless brutality is a sick f8cker themselves. My 5 siblings and I were planning on actually going to Vancouver for the games as we live in Northern California. But you can forget it now. I refuse to support a nation that turns a blind eye on such injustice. So much for Canada promoting itself as this peace loving nation…gimme a break! all that is a GIMMICK. And a FAKE. You all have no shame in killing innocent seals they way that video showed and actually defend it. At least here in the states, the only people who promote wearing fur and kill for fur are backward, trailer trash rednecks who really aren't even considered part of our demographic (as we pretend they don't exist)….Look up DECENCY Canada. As Ghandi said, you just a nation based on how it treats it's animals. Canada? resounding FAIL!
Nuke the gay baby seals ! Oh, and you're just a media whore too, freak.
you look great. your hair is awesome. your face is attractive. you are not a dicked up clown. i listened to what you said (minus all the !!!!!!!!'s). i am onboard.
for being noticed by not being noticed………well done.
Looking good, buddy! Go out there and get yourself some!
It's really a shame that you are falling into the PETA trap. They are domestic terrorists and care nothing about animals. How about all the animals they kill in their 'shelter'? Alot more of those dogs and cats die than the baby seals do. Pull your head out Mario. If you truly believe in the PETA cause, you better get rid of your mutt (he's not designer, he's a mutt) Teddy Hilton because PETA's ultimate goal is no human being a pet owner, no farms, no fishing, nothing.
Re: sugerqueen – thank you for that.
Oh no Perez, take off that shirt. I love you but you've just crossed a line. We're talking Peta here. Peta are dumb asses. They think they are actually doing something by having celebrities pose nude. You know the difference. Celebrities want to show off their bodies, they join Peta and than walk away.
Do you eat fish? Sushi? If we didn't kill the seals, the seals would eat the fish. It's all twisted. The seals rip the guts out of the fish and leave the rest. There are zillions of seals with that many times 10 dead fish bodies floating around them.
I hope you know that PETA actually does more harm than good. Release the animals? Most of those animals were born in that facility, and they have no idea what to do once they're released, so by releasing those animals, PETA is killing them. Also, they euthanize the animals they "rescue". People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, my ass.
Perez how can you support an organisation like PETA? - They're more concerned with profit and advertising than they are with animal welfare!
Re: Wawawiwa – Uneducated tards like you and your siblings can stay in the magical, make believe world you call California. You're condemning a whole country because of the lies that z-listers like Mario and his fellow PETA sheep spread. You probably believed every lie spewed by insurance companies, politicians and media scare-mongers about our health care system too. Maybe you should look at the atrocities committed in your own country before you tell Canadians how to run their country. Please, stay home and let us enjoy the Games without having to endure judgmental idiots like yourself.
What does this picture say exactly? must we protect pigs as well as the seals?
all i have to say is that this is fucking bullshit, peta needs to get their facts straight before taking a stab at us canadians. i'm going to say it again like someone else did below..hunting white cute baby seals is illegal..the only seals getting killed are non-white coats..which leads to the same concept as killing anything else for food..quit the whining dumbass americans
Does anyone else suspect that Perez didn't photograph his entire body cause he is hiding a baby bump?
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Perez! Have you done your homework prior to supporting this cause? Do you know what it's really all about? It's a way of life and has been long before you or PETA. Gassing cows to slaughter of course is a much more humane way to die. Why is that? No blood on the hands. Seal meat is not wasted. Every part is utilized. Seals, as cute and cuddly as there are (stuffed) are keeping depleted cod stocks down. And that is not reported on the New York Stock xChange either. I'm tired of people jumping on this bandwagon. Get over it. It's a way of life!
What is cruel is when the purpose behind killing anything, animal or human, is when it's done because of greed and indulgence. The seal hunt is an effort to help control the population while maintaining a livelihood for our Aboriginal population and Coasters. We're not talking about people who go and kill these ADULT seals because they want to sell the fur to some rich lady who wants a great new pair of boots, EVERY part of the seal gets used. EVERY SINGLE PART. That has been documented.
Some Americans don't even know that we have provinces and not states, that we don't have a president, so to those that are throwing their opinions in that have no merit, do your research before you start spouting off what you think you know about Canada and this event.
Thanks Perez, for bringing attention to this issue! BTW, you look amazing! I know it has taken a lot of hard work and dedication! Try some light mascara, for your next shoot or evening out. It will help to define your eyes. Keep up the good works!
Perez….lookin good…your hair should always be that color
I don't know about PETA, but those poor little seals are too cute to be bashed in the head.
Plus - Cute t-shirt
Peta is provoking an emotional response by using a seal pup on the tee-shirt. Fortunately, seal pups have not been hunted for a long time (thank god). Peta - are you afraid people won't support your campaign if you put a slimy, grey, fat adult seal on your shirt?
Perez,
YOU SHOULD NOT MAKE HUGE STATEMENTS IN SUPPORT OF A CAMPAIGN WHEN YOU ARE COMPLETELY UNEDUCATED ON THE TOPIC…
PETA ARE EXTREMISTS… AND YOU ARE IGNORANT!!!
THANK YOU PEREZ!!! THANK YOU FOR BRINGING ATTENTION TO THIS ATROCITY!
LAST TIME I CHECKED PEREZ WAS NOT A VEGETARIAN…. THE MOST HORRIBLE ACTS COMMITTED AGAINST ANIMALS ARE IN THE MEAT, EGG AND MILK INDUSTRIES WHERE ANIMALS ARE ENSLAVED AND TORTURED DAILY. YET, THIS IS OK WITH EVERYONE WHO ENJOYS A BURGER, SURE A COW ISN'T AS CUTE AS A BABY SEAL BUT ANYONE WHO IS CONSEQUENT WOULD KNOW THAT THIS IS A TINY PROBLEM AMONGST MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF ANIMALS THAT WE USE FOR MEAT.
Perez, you STUPID FUCKING SELLOUT. you jumped at the chance to star in Peta's save the seals, yet you advertise THOROUGHBRED RACING FROM SANTA ANITA!
Being Canadian, I have to admit that I am very ashamed that this barbaric death scene still takes place in our waters in the North. It's disgusting. I'm so relieved that FINALLY the world has taken notice of the unnecessary practice of seal hunting and has also FINALLY done something about it. I am thankful that this will hopefully end soon. SAVE THE SEALS!!!
Don't you guys love how the Candians have turned this into an Americans vs. Canadian deal…and constantly throwing things Americans have done in our past history to justify their actions? Way to deflect the attention. I've noticed this often with Candian posters. You cant say ANYTHING negative about Canada or a f8cking Candian pop star without them getting defensive and saying how stupid we as Americans are. Inferiority complex much? I've seen Canadian posters attack Perez for criticizing Avril f8cking leving. Get over yourselves! ALL YOU CANADIANS DEFENDING SEAL HUNTING ARE ONLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY DEFENDING IT BECAUSE YOU'RE CANADIAN AND FEEL LIKE IT'S NATIONAL PRIDE. If it were Americans doing the barbaric things in that video all the Canadian posters defending the seal hunting would be calling us rednecks, trash, and dumb, and the bullies of the world. I'm sending this video to all my friends making sure they know a MAJORITY of Candians support this brutality all because it provides money in the pockets of those farmers slamming that seal in the head.
Perez! Great hair! Great face! Great eyes! Great ears! This is the way to do it! This is the way to get credibility, not to be thought as a stupid person! This is terrific! You can have your wildly successful site and look terrific at the same time! Talk about having your cake and eating it, too! WOOO-HOOO!!! Felicidades!!!
Honestly, bleeding hearts unite!!! The seal hunt is a controlled hunt, it's purpose it to help depleated cod stocks recover (thereby saving a species that was on the "brink of extinction", thanks to uncontrolled fisheries off the Grand Banks of NL .i.e. Europeans who were fising off the coast of Canada) The seal is not an endangered species, and many fishermen actually harvest the seals for meat and fur. There have been instances of abuse in the past of seal hunts and groups like PETA have made a mountain out of a mole hill. Seriously, there are more important serious issue like pollution, green house gas emissions that the UNITED STATES produce that are killing off the forests, and removing our clean breathable oxygen…
I guess PEATA will find that important ONLY when they can't spew enough hot air to stop the seal hunt.
I might suggust to celebs to actually get off their skinny rich butts and reasearch what this actually is, instead of taking everything PEATA and Sir Paul McCartney (who geographically cannot tell the difference between Newfoundland and Prince edward Island) tell them to believe.
Besides I don't hear anybody fighing to save Moose, Deer, Elk, Rabbits, Foxes, and so on and so forth.
Re: Wawawiwa – maybe it is national pride. we want to stick up to something we believe in. i am guessing you have ignored all the canadians who agree that the seal hunt is bad. that is selective thinking there bud!
God job!! aaaand you look GREAT!
Re: Wawawiwa – Please list the "options" to those who live in the north. There are areas that are so isolated that this is their only option for FOOD. This is not a whimsical debate about fashion…. but survival.
Re: Wawawiwa –
Wawawiwa, you are a FUCKTARD!
Also, PEREZ, you have a whitecoat seal on your shirt, it is already illegal to hunt whitecoats. YOU HEAR ME MISINFORMED, IGNORANT AMERICANS, IT IS ILLEGAL TO HUNT WHITECOAT AND BABY SEALS!
I make no fucking wonder you won't put the "huntable" seals on the shirt, because they aren't as cute! Not only aren't they cute, they would attack like a wolverine!
Kindly educate yourself before jumping on the bandwagon with the rest of the ignorant celebrities. Baby seals are not clubbed in the canadian seal hunt, in fact, no seals are clubbed, they're shot, and its the adult ones that are culled. I understand that seals are a sexy issue to stand up for because they're cute, but what about the fish stocks, that have been depleted despite a fishing moratorium in Canada from international overfishing as well as the booming seal population, I guess Cod aren't cute enough for a shirt.
Seal is a cultural meal for alot of northern Native americans. I don't see you with a "save the cows" shirt on.. bet ya love your beef.
There is a reason they do this. It's not just for sport. It's over population…the same reason it's legal in the states to dear hunt. Their method might not be the most humane, but it's done for a reason. I'm a huge animal lover….I'm a Vet Tech and I chose to be because of my love of animals. However, animals should NEVER come before people.
Yet again more stupid fuck celebrities who support a cause they know NOTHING about. What the fuck do you people think ground beef was before you ate it in your big mac's?? What the fuck do you think KFC comes from fucktards? It's not Canadians all getting together and clubbing baby seals. I am an animal rights activist and a vegetarian but when people talk about this seal hunt as if all Canadians charge to the ice to torture little baby seals because of some fucking video footage from a million years ago it makes me fucking sick. What the fuck would they want from baby seals?? They have no value. The adults are the ones who are hunted and it's for the meat. These men who hunt the seals have done it their whole lives for survival. Have you ever thought how fucking hard and dangerous it is to be on the ice, much of which is moving constantly and how cold it is out there? They aren't doing it for a hobby. Do some research and don't fucking flatter yourselves into thinking you are doing such a wonderful thing for the world by trying to save the baby seals.
You just lost a lot of fans there Perez.
unless you are a complete vegetarian you cannot legitimately oppose the Canadian Seal Hunt. Organizations such a Green Peace base their opposition largely on propagandic lies. the canadian seal hunt doens not include the hunting of baby seals, or white coats. seals re raised in the wild, where their fate is decided by the natural food chain, they arent penned up or raised in cages to await their death like cattle or chickens. People , including you, perez, need to educate yourselves before opposing the Canadian seal hunt cause it makes you look hypocritical. Quit supporting this sh*t cause it's trendy. EDUCATE YOURSELF!
Perez you've just lost a Canadian fan due to your extreme ignorance
Cool stuff, Perez!
Re: Wawawiwa – LMFAO - You go right ahead and send the video to all your friends. We could care less about your opinions of our country. We defend our country against blatant lies that are spread by uneducated and misguided fools like you. And like I said before, please stay home, watch your reality shows and join some fashionable California cult. There are plenty of other people who will take your place at the Olympics while we show our national pride to the rest of the world. Not sure why you are so offended, I would think as an American you would be used to being disliked by other nationalities.
You really should get more information before spreading false information regarding seal hunting. You're just one of the many many puppets playing the game of some organization that lie to people using seal hunting to make money. Shame on you, really. I'm totally for protecting species in danger, but seals are not. There are too many of them and it contributes to killing fisheries industrie in Canada. Many people have no choice but to go seal hunting because what they earn from fishing in the summer is not enough. You want to protect animals? How about you check how the US treat the beefs and chicken for your gigantic fast food industrie?
Re: bainn09 – My view of America has always remained the same. You're a bunch of uneducated sheep who form opinions based on a bunch of lies.
Hey PETA and all you so called animal freedom fighters,why don,t you clean up your own mess in your own backyard.Check out the harpooning of whales off the coast of Washington state by your indigious people.
and FYI, IT'S BEEN MORE THAN 20 YEARS SINCE CANADA HAS STOP KILLING BABY SEAL. Shame on you for spreading those lies and shame. How much PETA is paying you to lies? Don't you have any work ethic? Your PR people are just to lazy to make a thourough researh before sending you make a photo-shoot for campain based on misleading information? SHAME ON YOU!!
Re: Laroccakiddd – Please post some reference when you are stating there were 30 million seals. I could pull some figures out of my ass too. And I doubt you even know where Newfoundland is, or anything about the area or it's people.
Re: WillowTree –
its not the seals that are depleting cod stocks darling…its humans overfishing the waters.
if you read any scientific journal that was not funded by the department of fisheries you would see that the yearly cull of seals is a despertae attempt to use seals as the scapegoat for problems we created.
yes it is true that many people would lose their jobs if it stopped which is why the government needs to really think of a solution. i'm all for people keeping their jobs and supporting their families but i do not believe that is a reasonable enough excuse for the barbaric hunt that goes on each year.
I am glad you did not choose:
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"I´d rather go naked than wear fur"
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thx for that
All you defending the seal hunts use OTHER cases of animal cruelty to justify it….
"well what about the way the chicken are treated by KFC?"
"well what about Michael Vicks and how he treated his dogs"
So based on your logics, as soon as something horrid is commited, everyone else has free reign to do just that if not worse, because the guy before them did it? Two wrongs don't make a right. And also, MANY of you are starting out your sentences with "it may not be the most humane way BUT"…..SPARE me that but. That but is precisley the issue. I doubt many of us are up in arms over the seal being killed. IT'S THE METHOD AND NATURE in which they are being killed that millions are concerned and angry about. That is NOT ok. We have a right to our opinion and a right to stand by our opinion. I for one will not support an industry that kills seals BABIES OR NOT (those adult seals can feel pain too, asshats!) just so some farmers can eat. If you can't go in a groccery store and find other foods….maybe that's a que for you to MOVE. And I love the way the Canadians are arguing their points with the many eleqouent comments such as "stupid Americans"…or…"fat ass Americans" ….or …"Americans are disgusting"…way to make your points and not come across looking hateful and bigoted!
Why don't you save the whales and start with yourself?
Perez, you have just proven that you do absolutely no research, and that propaganda plays a large role in what you choose to post, and support. I do not need to correct all the misconceptions of the seal hunt that you have posted, as many of my fellow canadians have done so already, however i do ask that you get your facts before you make your opinion, especially when your opinion influnces the mass population Perez, you have a lot of followers and should use your power of influences responsibly. Support the seal hunt, or hate it, but please do so by hearing and understanding both sides of the issue. Your ignornance for the facts on this posting, leads me to believe that your other posts are also questionable. Also to those in support of the hunt whom believe that only the natives participate in the hunt, your facts are also inaccurate, many men and women in NL hunt seals and are not of native decent. However the do so to put food on the table, allow the fish to rebuild their population, and prevent mass seal starvation, as without the hunt is not a large enough food source for the large seal population, therefor more seals would die a much slower painful death then if killed in the hunt.
Please make you opinion whether for or against the hunt, based on facts, not hearsay.
Save seals?
good work. ban the hunts.
the way they are killed is wrong. 1000% wrong.
find other ways. u can find more humane ways to put them down if neccecary.
we are not in the cave days anymore, we have no need to 'hunt' anymore.
get with the times people.
Perez, did you learn absolutely nothing from when Paul McCartney and Heather Mills came to Canada (also brainwashed by PETA) and were made FOOLS of on Larry King? I bet you don't even know exactly which parts of Canada the seal hunt takes place in! Paul sure didn't. Paul also didn't know that it is ALREADY HIGHLY ILLEGAL to kill a white-coat (AKA the precious "baby seals" everyone is going crazy over, and there's no such thing as a "baby seal," by the way, they're called seal PUPS) here in Canada!
However, let's assume for a moment that your protest actually had some merit (which, of course, it does not). Okay, so you want to stop the seal hunt. Tell me, Perez, what are you going to do to put food on the table and clothing on the backs of all those families who the seal hunt provides for? Are YOU going to support all those families? Somehow, I didn't think so. And how exactly are you going to control the overpopulation problem we have with seals? Believe it or not, there's only so many fish in these waters, and do you realize how many POUNDS of fish a DAY a seal consumes?! Seals also tend to feed on a type of fish called cod, which by the way happens to be an ENDANGERED species, unlike the cute, adorable seals which are multiplying like rabbits. Let me put it in a way that even an idiot like you can understand… if you don't keep the seal population in check, they are ALL going to starve to death, and that's a FACT. Is THAT what you want? If you don't believe it, then do your own research and just TRY and prove me wrong. I DARE you!
As usual, another ill informed american. The seal hunt has not clubbed seals for many many many years. I agree it is not humane. Please get you information correct and go the the source itself before posting stupid comments.
If you want to protest the seal hunt, then fine, protest the seal hunt, but at least do your HOMEWORK first instead of mouthing off based only on what PETA brainwashed you with. Have something intelligent to say, based on research, facts, and an educated opinion; otherwise we're only going to dismiss everything you have to say as being the inane ramblings of yet another celebrity who doesn't know wtf he's talking about because it's quite obvious that you don't. It couldn't be any more clear that you don't know why the seal hunt still exists or what the current laws are governing it, so stop making a fool of yourself and stick to what you know, don't talk what you don't know ANYTHING about!
what about the way pigs are treated in this country????? Pigs, far more sentient than seals; pigs, smarter than dogs. And they are confined, tortured, mistreated, starved, beaten and murdered. So someone can have bacon or ribs or whatever the hell people eat from pigs.
Anyone who eats pork is worse than the seal killers, IMO. And as someone pointed out, seal meat sustains people who would otherwise perish. No on in the United States needs to eat pig. As for the pig farmers, sorry; find another profession. Loggers and darkroom technicians and printers and tobacco growers have to (well, tobacco can be grown for cancer research). You want a pig valve in your heart?
You see, there's actually things called REASONS why the Canadian government hasn't already stopped the seal hunt, Perez, and I highly encourage you to find out what those reasons are if you're serious about your protest. Just because you don't know what the reasons are behind it does not make them any less legit. Better yet, why don't you find a good cause in YOUR OWN COUNTRY to lobby for instead of attempting to meddle in OUR affairs? It would be different if you actually knew what you were talking about, but since you don't, kindly stay out of it and find a better use for your time. I'm sure there's a better cause out there for you, and probably closer than you realize.
Oh, and if you're wondering how _I_ know all of this, it's because I'm a Newfoundlander. Therefore, this is MY culture which you are making judgment calls about as being "disgusting and wrong" without knowing the first fucking thing about it. The only thing that's disgusting and wrong here is the ignorance displayed by you celebrities after you've been brainwashed by a CULT like PETA. I'm not denying your freedom of speech, I'm challenging you to come at us with a protest that's based on logic and facts rather than pure emotion and hype! And so far, you've ALL failed!
P.S. A few videos shown by PETA should not be taken as gospel truth. Anyone can take a few videos of a few people doing things they shouldn't be doing–it doesn't make it the standard practice. And how do you know it wasn't PETA members killing those seals themselves? If you want to know how a seal hunt actually goes, then why don't you actually get on those ice floes with REAL sealers and see for yourself? THEN we'll see what you have to criticize!
I've challenged you, Perez. Let's see if you actually take me up on it. If you really believe in what you're doing, you will; if you don't, then do you really think you deserve to be taken seriously?
BRAVO to you for speaking up about this very important situation, Perez!!!
Let's all work to end the brutal Seal slaughter in Canada AND in Namibia!
i am not for the seal hunt at all, im against it in every way. i think hunting in general should not be legal anywhere. but the facts that many groups have about the seal hunt are entirely untrue. being a canadian, i don't appreciate us being targeted as some evil country. look at the meat industry. millions of animals are killed every second. just because you find a seal cuter than a cow doesnt make them more important.
fight all animal cruelty or dont fight at all.
Re: Wawawiwa –
You suggested that these people find other sources of meat, would you care to make a suggestion? Please don't make a comment about a potential problem without providing possible solutions to it. I would love to hear your ideas, they could be feasible.
In regards to the video that you are sharing with others, what is the link? I would like to see it? Have you found out when it was made? There are a number of videos out there that are old, if this is true of yours remember that the Canadian government has made laws regarding how the seals are killed as well as the appropriate age for them to be killed.
The seals themselves are not killed solely for their fur. The entire seal is used. Yes fur is part of it, but not all of it.
Please don't think that the majority of Canadians support the seal hunt (some do, some don't and some want aspects of it changed). You cannot extrapolate that kind of number from the current 250 postings on this story.
It is too bad that you decided to stay home instead of going to the 2010 Games. But remember the Olympics are for sports and represent peace; countries put their differences and disagreements aside to participate. It is unfortunate that you have overlooked the whole purpose of the Games, please reconsider. As a Canadian I would love to share the beauty my country has to offer and would just as much love to hear about yours.
Those videos of the seal slaughter are old, inaccurate and not performed as is tradition by the aboriginals. They're from the 70s, where certain practices once done by THE WHITE population were accepted. Inuits hunt seals by an epoch old standard. They don't kill babies, and they don't kill pregnant mothers. And while a club may look bad, it's much more humane than a gun. The Inuit survive on this. They share with their community. it's incredibly Euro-centric to take away their tradition. And seals ARE overpopulated in Canada, they literally consume tons of fish, and we have a fish population crisis. It is important to curb the seal population (which has been on the rise since 1970 and is actually considered by many to be way too high) it is also important to honour and respect the ways and rights of the native population. They have a treaty that guarantees it. Shame on Peta for leveraging an old video to vilify them, and shame on anyone else who critiques a population who through colonialization has already lost too much. And I would ask: Does anyone want to come up North and provide them with alternative food/income/and a new cultural dynamic? I'm not too sure most of you could handle it, it's 14 degrees Fahrenheit without windchill and that's a warm day.
Re: Wawawiwa – No one's saying you don't a right to your opinion but unless you're 100% vegan who eats absolutely no meat, doesn't use any products tested on animals or are in possession of anything remotely associated with animal use then don't judge anyone else's opinions. I doubt you've done the research on how everything in your home is manufactured or what's actually contained in everything in your fridge or closet. I know sheep will never be endangered because there always seems to be plenty of them who'll drink the Koolaid.
Noticehow many of the posters defending the seal hunting are not regular posters here and never posted before? It's the farmers/families of that area who came on here to do massive damage control. The other Canadian posters are strictly defending it because of national pride and they feel Canada is under attack, when it's really just this industry and it's methods. FOR ALL ANIMAL LOVERS ON HERE…don't fall for their trap. What is happening their is an outrage and those seals DON'T have voices. It's our responsibility to help them. Do your part. An animals life is JUST AS VALUABLE as a humans. We all share the same planet.
They are dooing the same thing in Namibia. Bashing in the skulls of the pups, sometimes while the pups are still nursing at their mothers' breast.
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Google "Namibia seal hunt". It should be stoppied in BOTH Canada and Namibia!!
It's funny that the U.S. and Europe ban the use of wild seal products yet continue to sell other animal products and furs raised in horrible conditions that are not humanely killed…
Re: Laroccakiddd – They are eating them. You should read up on the Inuit before you critique them.
Re: Perez Smells His Skidmarks – FUCK OFF! I DO KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT AND THIS WAS NOT A COMMENTARY ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS! GO CROSS A BUSY HIGHWAY FUCKING FROG.
Re: tlex86 – AMEN!!!!!!!!!!! WELL SAID!
Stating how the killing of these seals brings a paycheck in the pockets of those who are doing the killing isn't exactly a ringing endorsment for many of us to support the barbaric acts commited to those seals, adults or babies. The goverment needs to find more tangible jobs that don't require man playing God and destroying (in such vile manners) God's animals. And over population? Uhm…..we're approaching 7 billion people on a planet that barely has any land left and is all a body of water. People are having 9-10 children and getting their own reality show and stardom out of it. You want to talk about over population? we as humans need to learn how to close our f8cking legs before we go and bully mother nature's offsprings.
wonder if any of you have ever seen thousands of starved, dead seals wash up on shore? which is what happens if they don't cull the herd with the seal hunt. once again, perez, is completely off the mark. but by all means align yourself with peta the very folks who ultimately want to end pet ownership which would rule out future "teddys". doesn't anyone do any actual research before the choose a side?
REALLY THE MOST LOGICAL THING WOULD BE FEED THE HUNGRY AND SUPPLY AID WITH SEAL MEAT INSTEAD OF LENTILS AND CORMMEAL FOR THE REFUGEE CAMPS ETC.
IT IS A GOOD PROTIEN.
SAVE LIVES EAT SEAL!
Re: Wawawiwa – Yup you are right…. all of the Inuit should just move!! That is such a fantastic and well thought out idea!! ??????
The only reason this became a wee bit Canadianvs.American is because of the coment on the T-shirt and those of Perez himself. It actually has more to do with geography not nationality. I am sure that a resident of Alaska may have more understanding and knowlege on this topic (lack of resources in the North) than someone from Vancouver for example.
Re: winstongrape – Your a ignorant fool! Get your facts strait before you start spewing hateful remarks. Just because you watch a video of a cute seal getting bashed over the head and killed doesn't mean it's happening just for fun….these people need to hunt and kill these seals. They are over populated and and eat a lot of the fish. The seal meat is eaten and fur is used for clothing and sold as a vital part of the Inuit community as well as the countries economy. Seals are not an endangred species, so go fuck yourself! Think about all those poor cute little calves and baby chicks that will grow up to become your next dinner. Oh, you never thought of that….why, because they're not "cute" enough for you to think of them and their plight?!
Keep picking and choosing your ingorant ass battles moron!
Perez actually looks handsome on the photo. What a miracle
wow, save us from the horrible view of you… and that' with photoshop for gods sake, how fucking ugly can you be?
Re: Shelleybean – The hunt is not sustainable and is barbaric.
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Female circumcision, rendering women incapable of clitoral orgasm, is "cultural", too. Do you think that's okay?
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Just because a "culture" does it does not make it somehow holy and sanctified. Some things transcend cultural relativism — human rights and humane treatment of other beings do transcend the "it's cultural" screed.
Ok…so if something I own has been animal tested (without my knowing)…or I happen to own a cotton t-shirt in my closet….or I eat something other than carrot sticks…THAT'S IT. I can't EVER stand up fro animal rights. If I see my neigbor beating the sh8t out of his family pet, I just have to look at myself in the mirror and say "No Jason. You stay silent. Your dad owned a pair of cowboy boots 20 years ago, and since that was leather and came from an animal, you have no right to stand up for the defenseless animal next door getting the crap beat out of it"…..GIVE ME A F8CKING BREAK. Use better excuses, reasoning, and arguments to justify your actions because your logic indicates that basically, we as humans are allowed to be AS CRUEL as we want to be to animals, and no other humans can say nor stop us from doing so. There's this thing called KARMA. God's KARMA. Mother Nature's Karma….and I hope it comes to bite some of you right in the @$$. All this makes me have a smile in my face over the economic collapse the entire world has been facing. Good I say! We as humans had it coming after decades of trashing this planet.
Get your facts straight.
The seals ARE NOT clubbed anymore. That part of the tradition was dropped YEARS ago. Also, the baby seals aren't killed, on purpose at least.
The seal hunt isn't just random seal killing. They're killed for clothes, food, medicine and population control among other things. Honestly, seals are vicious animals, and if we don't kill them and control the population, they will overpopulate places and attack people.
Would you rather a few ugly, vicious animals die, or people?
Yes, there are videos of people brutally clubbing seals, BUT a lot of those are staged by animal rights groups and the like, people aren't allowed to club them anymore.
Learn the facts and hear our side of things before you go judging us for being cruel insensitive people.
Re: sugerqueen – THANK YOU! They don't get it they think Newfoundland is doing a bad thing but were not!
You shouldn't post about things you don't understand. Just because celebrities believe something doesn't make it true. What a disappointment, I thought you were all about being non-judgemental. I guess Canadians who rely on the annual seal hunt for their supply of food, warm winter clothing, and most of their income just do not deserve your respect. Well, from here on out you do not deserve mine or, in my opinion, any other informed Canadian's.
I wish PETA would specify more about 'seal slaughters' because they are making Innuit tribes look bad.
I am first nation, from northern Quebec on the coast of James Bay. I see ALOT of seals, and the innuit bring in furs and other things like mittens or boots. They depend on seal hunts for an educational, financial and cultural purpose. PETA should really start specifying cause its pretty sad when my relatives from Ireland and Portugual are asking me 'do they club seals there?'
Total BS. damn those seal clubbers for giving Innuits and First Nations a bad name!
I just want mr.perez to know that not all Canadians do this! I am a proud Canadian but I am tottally disgusted with this seal hunt. In my eyes, it is nothing but a money grab for the government and the people that hunt them. I am NOT proud of Canadians and our Government for what they do and allow.
Wow, I just lost all respect for you! I never had any problem with you until now..
You talk about famewhores all the time? Why don't you take a look in the mirror, or even better yet, take a look at your cool new PETA add? You're a famewhore who only did this add to get attention, not to actually help a cause!! IF it was actually a cause you believed in, you would have actually done some research, not just "jumped at the chance" to star in an add!
You need to realize that this is how people survive! and that cute little fluffy seal on your shirt isn't going to be clubbed because IT'S ILLEGAL TO CLUB HIM. That's how little you know about a cause you claim to support.
And they aren't "stabbed"; the device used to kill the seals has been determined to be the most humane way in killing them.
And not only that, but by having the seal hunt, we are also preserving the cod fishery which is essential for many Newfoundlanders.
So, why don't you google some legit cause to support?
Re: Wawawiwa – Are you for real? I can't believe there are dumb people like you in existence. You probably love your dog so much that you let it lick your snatch on occasion and you're trying to get a law passed in your state to make interspecies marriage legal.