Category: Animal Rights

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PETA's Amityville Slaughterhouse of Shame

 

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Although it irks me to provide even the slightest amount of exposure to PETA – one of the biggest pain in the arse and ridiculous organizations I know – I just had to talk about their latest publicity stunt.

Just like an old eccentric millionaire with far more money and spare time than brains, PETA’s latest endeavour was to contact the owners of Long Island’s famous Amityville Horror house with their latest idea.

Oh no they have a brainwave, you better stand back! 

No, PETA doesn’t plan on shooting a horror film in the house or lighting themselves on fire (though it wouldn’t be a bad idea) their plan is to set-up a haunted house-style exhibit while the famous movie house is up for sale. 

“PETA’s Amityville Slaughterhouse of Horrors” would, according to the organization, graphically depict the horrors that animals who are raised and killed for meat, milk, and eggs must endure on factory farms and in slaughterhouses. 

What…come again? 

PETA says the exhibit would include animatronic hens locked inside cages and lifelike fish gasping for air as they slowly suffocate on the deck of a fishing boat. 

And if that isn’t ridiculous enough, visitors can ask to be locked inside a metal and concrete pig gestation crate, just to see what it feels like. Children would also receive a free crazed, knife-wielding Ronald McDonald doll. (Note to self: gotta get my kids one of those) 

Although they haven’t indicated, I can only assume that each visitor to this fine exhibit would also receive a free tofu pie. Mmm, I just love those. 

Shame on you PETA, slap yourself in the face and get back to reality, why dont you!

You speak of commercial farming and sportfishing as cruel and barbaric, then you look to using a famous house as a backdrop for your own filthy exhibit to glorify these activities?

Currently on the market for 1.5 Million, there’s no word yet whether the organization plans to actually purchase the famous Long Island home or simply hopes to borrow it for their sick exhibit. 

I’ve come to learn that nothing is too lowbrow for these people..although I have to say I do like the Ronald McDonald doll idea… 

 Outdoorsguy

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DFO planning massive grey seal cull

 

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According to the Fur Institute of Canada, the Department of Fisheries and Ocean’s planned cull of up to 220,000 grey seals off Nova Scotia’s sable island, is a prime example of an ecological “mess” created by the animal-rights movement against the sustainable-use of seal products.

The plan – which could cost Canadian taxpayers up to $35 million -involves either a large-scale kill and disposal of grey seals, or a targeted contraception program aimed at Canada’s grey seal population, which has grown to 300,000 strong and is now considered a danger to the recovery of threatened groundfish stocks.

According to the Fur Institute, all industry efforts to utilize the animals in accordance with government-set quotas have failed in recent years, due in large part to the strong animal-rights lobby against the use of the animals.

“We have said for years that there are only two options for managing abundant populations, as a sustainable resource, or as a pest,” said Rob Cahill, the Fur Institute’s Executive director.   

Members of the Fur Institute involved in the seal processing sector have indicated that it has not been possible to develop a viable plan for the commercial use of grey seals in recent years, due to anti-sealing pressures.

“We hope that this announced cull will be a wake-up call for Canadians who have questions about the commercial use of harps seals, the population of which dwarfs the current grey seal numbers by 23 to 1,” says Cahill.

Quick Facts on Sealing in Canada

–          An April 2010 poll conducted by TNS Canadian Facts indicated that 2 out of 3 Canadians accept seal hunting where populations are not endangered and animal welfare is respected.

–          The same poll indicated that fully 85% of Canadians appreciate the need to manage seal populations in relation to the abundance of important fish stocks.

 

–          Canada’s harp seal population consumes approximately 8 million metric tonnes of fish annually.  By contrast, Canada’s entire fishery yields less than 1 million metric tonnes annually.

 

The Seals and Sealing Network Study was conducted using TNS Canadian Facts’ national bi-weekly telephone omnibus service.  A total of 1,017 nationally representative Canadian adults were interviewed between April 12 and 18, 2010.  For a survey sample this size, the margin of sampling error is plus or minus 3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.