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This is the organization Rebecca Aldworth,
bottom feeder and Director of Canadian Wildlife Issues, works for. Not much makes my skin crawl but she takes
the cake. You have to ask yourself why she has only been coming to the seal hunt for over 10 years? Why has she not
been out beating a drum for the deer or the moose for even one of those 10 years seeing that she is overseeing
all "Canadian Wildlife Issues"? The harp seal, the moose and the deer are all "common" animals and the annual
moose quota for North America is on par with the seal quota and the deer quota is almost double so I ask you,
why? Cha-ching, cha-ching, cha-ching. There is just no money in saving the moose or deer and its hard to get
a celebrity near one for a photo op.
In 1998 the HSUS supplied a commercial news company, SweepsFeed, with a video. SweepsFeed was told the video was
of cats and dogs being abused in China. This abuse seems to have led to the skinning of the animals for their fur which
was then mislabeled to get it past US customs upon arrival in North America. It was taken for granted that the footage
was accurate and aired on US television. On Jan 16, 2000, the CBC investigative
program "UnderCurrents" reported that SweepsFeed could not verify the authenticity and accuracy of the video. A SweepFeed
spokesperson commented,
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"How do we know that video wasn't a fake video? We don't, because we didn't shoot it
in that case, and that's a rare instance."
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Good job guys. What will it take for the powers that be to figure out
instances like this should be investigated and large fines handed out.
In 1999 a press release came out which claimed the fur on the children's toys, Furbies, tested positive for cat and
dog DNA but after testing it was proven to be 100% acrylic. During the process the suspected source of the release, HSUS, had not made any
denials as to being the source of the information but upon the release of the test results they promptly
claimed they were not the source.
In an article from 2004 I read recently said the HSUS does not oppose the seal hunt itself, only some of
the methods used by sealers. This from HSUS spokesperson, Nicholas Braden. If that is the case then where was
the HSUS in November of 2005 when there was a meeting in St. John's where members of the federal government,
harvesters, fisheries union representatives and conservation groups were invited to discuss the seal hunt and
its future. They weren't there. If the HSUS are not opposed to the hunt but only some of the
methods and 90% of seals are shot I would like to know what they would suggest?
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