Recently, the Canadian government signed a deal with China that will allow the Canadian sealing industry to sell its products there. The industry has been suffering lately following the European Union's ban that recently came into affect. The deal seems to have drawn the attention of groups such as PETA who claim that animal rights groups in China are speaking out against their government's decision to sign the deal.
Firstly, if this is true, I am greatly encouraged by the level of free speech developing in China that allows these groups to criticize their government.
Secondly, while I know making fun of PETA is like shooting fish in a barrel (an act they would, hilariously, probably fight against), none of the seal hunting practices described in the above article are in use today. The Canadian seal hunt is at least comparably humane to any other modern animal industry, so there is no reason we should treat the seal industry any differently.
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| Left: Cute. Right: Delicious? |
It's not that I think PETA is wrong, necessarily. Obviously its important to insure our industries are humane. It's just that the vast majority of people who support bans on seal products are likely to give up their Big Mac somewhere around the time it is pried from their cold dead hands. Either you're against products made from animals or you support them. Pick a side, we're at war.
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