Slaughter of innocent baby seals

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the Agreement on international humane trapping standards gives acceptable death times of 45-300 seconds. according to a 2001 study, average time b/w being shot and killed with the club/hakapik is a shade over 45 seconds, which compares to the acceptable time favourably, and is IMO, humane in the grand scheme of animal culling and trapping.

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davidjones90

Iraq requests Canada to ensure more is done to kill seals in a more humane manner. We suggest arming the crew with rifles and killing seals at close range rather than pro-longing the episode by stabbing seals in the neck with pointed hooks.

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Mad_Drummer_Girl

davidjones90

The UNEP greatly welcolms the suggestion from Iraq, and would like to ask Canada if this is a viable option

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MCMXCI

Switzerland suggest the representative of the UNEP directs her attention to the disruption Greenpeace has caused to Japanese whaling and if this disruption is justified.

Reply 24

lodzinski

Russia would like to ask switzerland what Greenpeace and whaling has to do with seal culling, aside from a tenuous link to sea-life killing.

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Mad_Drummer_Girl

ojwk

Switzerland suggest the representative of the UNEP directs her attention to the disruption Greenpeace has caused to Japanese whaling and if this disruption is justified.

i would like to remind Switzerland to keep on topic please
on a personal note......

dont even get me started, whale culling is even worse as the whales they are killing are already dying out, and you cannot say that they bother us, as we dont live in the water!

*STOP BLOODY WHALING!*

And thats all i have to say at this moment in time about that...alon with *go greenpeace*

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MCMXCI

Switzerland believes that the valuable time of the UNEP representative would be better spent on investigating whaling and it's impact on whale populations.

This is justified for the following reasons:

The fin and humpback whales have conservation statuses of endangered and vulnerable respectively.

The harp seal submitted to the cull is classified as of least concern. This is the lowest conservation status category of any animal.

The seal cull is regarded as a measure to help sustain the eco-system and maintain population numbers.

Whaling threatens the fin and humpback whales with extinction versus seal culling which is a method of ensuring a good future of the harp seal species.

Switzerland believes that securing the future of two species of whale is of greater importance than debating the method in which to cull a very common seal.

Switzerland seconds Japan's view that

the representative of the UNEP is allowing emotional issues to cloud her views in the face of overwhelming rational evidence.

Switzerland revoices the argument that seal culling is necessary to ensure a healthy eco-system and environment for all of us. The human race has to deal with the consequences of our involvement with nature and therefore in certain instances must act to prevent our indirect actions having an adverse effect on the environment.

Switzerland suggests that the representative of the UNEP looks at the bigger picture and makes a rational decision whether the cull is ultimately better for the wider environment.