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Lately we've been hearing a lot about the seal hunt here in Toronto. Despite the fact that we're about as far removed, both geographically and culturally, from the ice floes as we can possible to be without leaving the country, the hunt and its busty celebrity detractors are splattered all over the pages of Now Magazine and Metro, among others. And that's okay - it's good to have an opinon about a very Canadian issue, even if you've only heard about it because celebrities are involved.
In the spirit of open debate, and because we can't resist a tasteless title, we present this recipe. Seal meat is a dietary staple of many northen peoples, shows up canned in Newfoundland, and is an exellent source of protein, iron and omega 3 fatty acids - just so you know. And what better way to Toronto-ize a northern favourite than to inject it with an Asian-Fusion kind of marinade and put it into a classic club? Assuming you aren't of proud Aleut descent and don't have a source on the Bering Sea, you can, of course, substitute an equal portion of flank steak.
SEAL CLUB SANDWICH
Level of Difficulty from 1 (Hosting the Junos) to 10 (Meeting with Stephen Harper): 5
Ingredients
For Marinade:
1/2Cup Light Soya Sauce
1 Clove Garlic
1/2 Cup Finely Chopped Shallots or Green Onions
1 tbsp Sesame Oil
1 Tsp. Chili Paste
1-inch piece of fresh ginger, grated
For Sandwich:
1/4lb fresh seal loin
2 leaves romain lettuce
2 slices of ripe tomato
2 strips cooked bacon
1 tbsp mayonnaise
1 kaiser bun, split
What to Do:
1. Combine all marinate ingredients in a bowl. Place the seal loin in the marinade for 4 hours (in the refrigerator).
2. Wipe meat clean and sautee in olive oil until cooked to desired doneness (4-6 min).
3. Rest meat on a plate for 15 minutes. Cut into thinslices.
4. Spread mayo on bun and pile the meat onto one half. Top with tomato, bacon, lettuce and other half of bun.
Tarting it up:
A little thinly sliced red onion wouldn't be out of place here, nor would some chopped hard boiled egg. Or the midnight sun, for that matter.
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You hear that incessant *click clack* sound from all over Toronto? Thats all your vegan readers removing you from their blog links. Except Jill, as she has a sense of humour.
Try this one... made famous in The Shipping News
NEWFOUNDLAND FLIPPER PIE
4 seal flippers
1 L water
500 ml soda
125 ml fat pork, diced
1 cup milk
2 onoins, chopped
5 ml salt
60 ml flour
250 ml cold water
5 ml Worcestershire sauce
Soak flippers in 1 L of water and soda. Trim off excess fat. dry flippers and dip in seasoned flour. Brown in pork fat. Add onions and make a gravy of flour, water, and sauce. Pour over flippers. Cover and bake at 160o C for 2-3 hours. Make a pastry and cover the flippers. Bake at 220oC for 30 minutes. Serves 6-8
Try this one... made famous in The Shipping News
NEWFOUNDLAND FLIPPER PIE
4 seal flippers
1 L water
500 ml soda
125 ml fat pork, diced
1 cup milk
2 onoins, chopped
5 ml salt
60 ml flour
250 ml cold water
5 ml Worcestershire sauce
Soak flippers in 1 L of water and soda. Trim off excess fat. dry flippers and dip in seasoned flour. Brown in pork fat. Add onions and make a gravy of flour, water, and sauce. Pour over flippers. Cover and bake at 160o C for 2-3 hours. Make a pastry and cover the flippers. Bake at 220oC for 30 minutes. Serves 6-8
There's a seal hunt on in Toronto?
To veganize, replace seal meat with seitan, skip the bacon, go for a green onion herbed vegan mayo. Maybe throw on some sprouts instead of the lettuce. I don't have a sense of humour about lettuce.
For the record, as long as the seals are dead already, I'd rather see the meat eaten than left to rot on the ice, as most of it is. But really, isn't there anything we can do to help NF find a better way to earn $16m? How is this sustainable?
I think they will need a lot more recipes to consume
300,000 + seals worth of meat and flippers. Yeah right! Each sealer only gets a certain number of seal for personal consumtion. It does not equal any where near 300,000 + and there is no market for the rest of the meat, anywhere. Seal taste like crud! And smells worse in my opinion. Use the flank instead and totally avoid the pie. It smells up the whole house. YUK.
How isn't it sustainable? If seals are not hunted they become overpopulated and consume more fish thus hurting the already suffering fishing industries in NF.
kill the seal to save the cod?
John Effords theory. (he was a politician)
you can find articles in reference to John Effords kill seal save cod policy all over. :) Professors and marine biologist from the world and here in Canada have refuted his claims. You can find both sides.
Seal eat 176 different species of prey depending on where they are and what time of year, only 3% is cod. Most of their diet seems to be eel, eel eat cod eggs. Natural marine predators have diminished (shark, cod, etc). Making it necessary not to remove any more large marine predators for a stable ecosystem.
The already oxygen depleted waters fill with carbon dioxide when mass corpses are left rotting, causing an already teetering system to become more unstable. Rot can also cause fungal infections on fish eating from them.
Since the kill seal save cod policy was implemented it has shown no improvement in the fisheries.
Over populated?
1950 and before - 30 + million seal
1950 - 1970 culled by 66% for mainly pelt to near endangerment.
1980's - bans helped population
now- greater pelt markets opening in mostly asia have started a mass hunt of more seal today than ever, with fewer numbers and worse environmental factors.
The health of Omega 3, there is a chart on Dr. Ho's own website. He includes the amount of environmental poisons, mercury etc.
Claims are little will not hurt you, however proof states effects are to fetuses, elderly and young children. Increase in cancers. Check the data in the areas consuming most of the omega 3 for cancers.
The number of seal are taken from 1970 and computer analysis of live birthing females from every year following. Natural mortality rates of 30% are taken, however environmental changes, global warming, melting ice, drowning, has caused a higher mortality rate that has not been accounted for. Not to mention other countries numbers in the hunt from the same species are not factored in. The truth is they are not counted any other way, so we truly do not know.
They were culled down to dangerous levels for fur once before, the same DFO that managed the fisheries to collapse are responsible for regulating and managing the seal also. In our country as seen with our past, any animal that becomes profitable in economics, in any way by their death, expecially for fur, are not safe.
http://www.polskieradio.pl/polonia/article.asp?tId=35299&j=2
This was in the Baltic it makes for good reading.
“There was a time when marine mammals were mass culled. The state paid for each seal and each porpoise that was shot dead. The idea was to protect the Baltic Sea fish. But it really made no sense, as most often they did not compete for the same fish as man.”
As seen with these seal only 3% of their diet is cod, again they eat at least 176 different species of prey. EEl, small fish.
There's got to be a difference between sealing and fishing, right? I mean bonking big fish over the head is ok, but not seals? I guess it's because seals are ANERABLE (to lift a cuteoverload.com neologism). See footnote 1.
1: Dennis Leary, No Cure for Cancer
seals are mammals not fish and they are one of the last large marine predators left in this north atlantic. Fish are also usually eaten, except the bones.
Amanda, I ran your comment through the sarcasm/pulling-my-chain checker and got a 1.7 out of 10.
SOOO, if we a) eat the seal meat and b) make sure they don't become endangered, then seals are just like fish, just less slimy. Right?
nope fish are cold blooded will never come close.
Start eating you have 345,000 this year.
But honestly we kind of need all the large marine predators we can get, most are gone and the little fishes the ones we don't want, can not be naturally culled of weakness and neither can the fish we want.
It lets the weak ones survive making for sickly fish stock. You know the old only the strong survive in life rule. Honestly I am not pulling your chain. :) But seal meat is gross and stinky. You might want to reconsider.
Could someone get those people some real food?
trust me, man has to manage nature -- she can't do it herself. left to her own devices, nature always messes things up. therefore, we need to get more involved in every aspect of species population control-- in everything, really. we know best. i've got to go now and feed pigeons in the park, because those darling little "flying rats" control the starling population -- which, if left unchecked, would allow the wasp population to soar, leading to a dangerous increases in the honeybee population, upsetting the perfect balance in the ant population.
Basic math problem:
There are 6 million harp seals.
Each harp seal consumes 8-10lbs (for caluclations used 9lbs) of food a day.
3% of this food is Cod.
How much cod do harp seals eat a year?
To save you the calculations:
(6 million seals) x (9lbs/day x 365days/year) x (0.03 cod) = 591.3 million pounds of cod a year is consumed by harp seals.
I really get a kick out of this. I read one poster who said there was no market "anywhere" for seal meat yet there is a market in Atlantic Canada and it is really enjoyed by some.
The poster also said it is "stinky" and "tastes bad" so you should avoid it. Personally I find brocoli pretty gross but I don't expect farmers to stop producing it or the public to stop eating it just because I don't like it.
With mentality like that I can see why the spokespeople for organizations like PETA are people like Pamela Anderson. I guess in that world she's a genius.
You are all entitled to your own opinion, as am I, but unlike most of yours, my comments do not arise out of insensitivity, ignorance, or inaccurate information. Shame on you, Toronto. I thought you were more progressive than to run such a tasteless recipe --pun intended-- on what is such a serious issue of our time. And, just so you know, while seal meat may be a staple for northern peoples, the commercial seal "hunt" about which everyone is talking and debating and which is the subject in your own preface to your recipe, is not about eating meat, but rather, about obtaining purely non-essential items (seal pelts and penises) for exportation to foreign countries with the sole purpose of creating profits. Look at any of the available video footage or still photos and you will see seal carcasses strewn across the ice floes. That is because the meat is not going to northern peoples for consumption (just so you know). In fact, the commercial seal "hunt" does not employ any Inuit people at all and is a completely separate event (just so you know). You mention that seal meat shows up canned in Newfoundland --if human testicles showed up canned in Newfoundland, would you promote a recipe for them as well? Because that would really add to the spirit of open debate. Also, you mention that seal meat is an excellent source of protein, iron, and omega 3 fatty acids. Again, this "hunt" is not about producing and consuming meat, and I think all of our common senses can agreed upon that. Even if it were, I could give you a list of other healthier foods that give you just as much protein, iron, and omega 3 fatty acids but aren't so toxic to your health because they aren't laden with heavy metals and chemicals. My point is that you are trying to poke fun at what has become a very serious issue with many unintended consequences only your "just so you knows," are fundamentally incorrect when applied to the commercial seal "hunt." To answer your question, Jill, the "hunt" is not about money. Cathy Kangas, the CEO of PRAI Beauty, offered the Canadian Government $16 million dollars to compensate the sealers to not kill seals. PM Harper didn't even entertain her offer, he turned her down cold. To make matter worse, the Canadian Government is using your tax dollars to subsidize this abomination. I hope that sits well with you, because it sure doesn't with me. Lastly, Stef, you state as a justification for the "hunt," that if seals are not hunted they become overpopulated. Well then, let's apply your same logic to the issue of human population (or rather, overpopulation). After all, human beings are really the only truly overpopulated species. Am I wrong? Humans are not the only species on this planet, they just act like they are. Please, someone give me a bona fide reason for why --instead of just another feckless attempt to justify-- the commercial seal "hunt" is necessary.
Sarah, it can't not be about money and be about profit at the same time. And a one-time hand-out won't patch it up, as nice as that would be in theory. What I was getting at with my $16m comment was the whole give-a-man-the-money-not-to-fish vs the teach-a-man-not-to-fish-himself idea. Anyway, I don't know where you'd get the idea that any of this sits well with me. I'd prefer not to be lumped in like that.
You know, if canned human testicles turned up in Newfoundland supermarkets, I think I would post a recipe - assuming the human testicle "hunt" was on the minds of Torontonians. Just so you know.
I'd totally eat human testicle soup.
Anyone know of a ex-model recipe served with a side of ex-bass player?
Jill, my honest apologies for eluding to the idea that this sits well with you. I am glad to hear it doesn't. I simply just don't understand why the seals are still being killed. One of the reasons the sealers use is that it brings in much-needed monies to them during the off-season ($16M to be exact), yet, when offered more lucrative alternatives (such as a factory to produce synthetic furs or the hand-out, which would be on an annual basis), they squawk at the idea. So, then how can it be about the money? I'm honestly not trying to be difficult, I'm just desperately trying to understand why this still occurs and it just doesn't make sense. I wholly agree with you as far as the point of your $16M comment. It's just that the sealers don't seem to want to learn how to not seal. And, when they continually say it's about the money, but then don't take the money when offered it another way, I just don't buy that it's really about the money at all. So then what is it about? Why is it that the people who are trying to stop the seal hunt are given a bad name while it is the seal hunt supporters (from the sealers themselves to, Bob, who posted a derogatory message about Pam Anderson) who actually do the denigrating?
Human testicles vs. seal meat. Seal cull vs. human cull. Sorry, they don't compare. You're half a step away from namedropping the Holocaust. That's what gives those who oppose the seal hunt a bad name. Any reasonable arguments they might make are immediately blotted out by outlandishly tasteless comparisons.
Gloria, you've missed my point in its entirety. I never once said they did compare (that would be you who brought up that comparison). I was making a point of saying that just because the shelves might be stocked with seal meat doesn't mean that's a reason to condone nor glorify the hunt. But, thanks for acknowledging that we make reasonable arguments. Can you rationally explain to me why the seal cull continues? Inquiring minds want to know...
Well, you say: "Lastly, Stef, you state as a justification for the 'hunt,' that if seals are not hunted they become overpopulated. Well then, let's apply your same logic to the issue of human population (or rather, overpopulation). After all, human beings are really the only truly overpopulated species."
To me, it reads like a comparison. You apply someone else's logic to an example you select, and use that as a way of declaring that logic invalid. This method only works if the two examples are equal; you wouldn't, say, use cars as your example, because cars don't feel pain. By using humans as your example, you are declaring them equivalent to seals -- seals feel pain; humans feel pain.
If you said, "We have too many cats in cities, why not have a massive annual cull of cats", your point would have come across clearer at least to me. We regularly euthanize cats, but I'm fairly sure people wouldn't stand for cats being shot or clubbed. One might point out cats are different because people feel love for them, but that's an entirely cultural phenomenon.
SARAH:
You want another factory producing SYNTHETIC FUR AND LEATHER? Where do you think this Synthetic fur comes from PETROLEUM!! What do you think is worse for the enviroment killing seals or extracting/processing petroleum...If we keep up with the hydrocarbon production you wont have to worry about the seals there is going to be no ice left for the fluffy white seals anyway! I guess HSUS didn't teach you about the Valdez disaster! Synthetic fur will remain in the enviroment for 1000's of years...yep get me a club, Ill kill my own thanks!
Sounds to me like manfred has a God complex and matt needs to realize that they do not eat that much cod because there is a cod shortage. (the 3% was when there were enough) They eat other things now. You also need to realize this "hunt" to save cod has not helped the cod since it was implemented. Also manfred we have done a great job of managing nature so far. You are assuming by noting the importance of the seal population we only need to try to count the number of seal, without taking anything else into consideration, like the need for large marine predators in waters now scarce of them. They only eat at least 175 or more species of prey, they will not starve, they eat squid and eel that eat cod eggs, they eat small fish also, there is plenty of prey fish in all that ocean for them. Kill seal save cod is idiocy from a crazy politician. "mr speaker I would like to see all the seal out there 6 million or whatever number is out there killed burned..." Mr. Efford. Kill seal save cod. OK!
er....even HSUS/PETA/SSCS admit seals continue to eat 3% cod, they used to eat more when it was more common 600 million pounds is still 600 million pounds...
fact: since the stomachs of dead seal have been analyzed they have shown 3% cod, in the last three years there has been a decline.
Hey peta kills did it take you that long to realize seals eat cod? That is what they were born to do, eat fish.
The cod has not even shown remote signs of recovery, since this plan was implemented in fact they are in worse shape than ever.
If the seal want the cod let them have it, or outfish them, oh that is right seals are smart. I almost forgot we can just kill them for it, right?
So much for the "seals are smart we won't have to kill too many before they just leave" statements made by a high Canadian official, your so smart find out who. He has the moral values of Mr. Efford, the one pro sealers listen to with the kill seal save cod policy.
They have been making this migration since time began, they will not leave until their food source is gone or they are killed for it, right?
After all you made more off of the fisheries than you ever could seal.
Blame the seal and hate them because the DFO mismanaged the fisheries to collapse, kill the million dollar seal industry to help the billion dollar fisheries? I do mean "KILL"! A sealer once ask me "what do you do with your pest?" and then answered "exterminate them".
Matt,
In NL they want a refinery. They have thus far broken off talks with Exxon because they do not want to build one in NL, but Danny Williams sure does. So what the heck is the difference?
Eco tourism is less "rough" on the environment.
Oops Amy your off base on this one.
Exxon want to drill the Orphan basin part of the Hebron field, no one said anything about a refinery.
Any yes there is a big difference in a refinery and a drilling operation.
Here a bit of back ground for you:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060403.wxr-hebron04/BNStory/Business/home
BTW: Check out the transcript from Lady Heather Mills on CNN, she claimes she didn't want to be out freezing on the ice in -20C weather with the seals...then claims eco-tourism is a great idea...yea...
Mike, Where did you get this "fact" from?
If you don’t know an answer, a fact, a statistic, then ... make it up on the spot.”
— Paul Watson, in Earthforce: An Earth Warrior’s Guide to Strategy
We know that harp seals do eat Atlantic cod, although 40 years of studies indicate that Atlantic cod is a minor constituent of their diet about 3% (Wallace and Lawson 1997). Media reports now indicate DFO’s own estimates of harp seal consumption of northern cod were recently reduced by about 50% (Rice 2002)
David M. Lavigne, PhD.
International Marine Mammal Association
1474 Gordon St., Guelph, ON. Canada.
N1L 1C8
What facts do you want? It was he (Lavigne)who disputed the kill seal save cod policy against Mr. Efford and others. But I guess it would be better to listen to a politician anyday. Then again years later, still no replenishing of cod stocks, in fact they are worse. Read his writings on this subject.
And Canada did make more off of the fisheries before they collapsed than seal. The numbers are there. Check canadian trade exports. That was before 2002 though. Now seafood sales are declining. The new report was released today April 12, 2006. Want the link?...it was on the other blog...http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/canadian_industry_statistics/cis.nsf/IDE/cis31171inte.html
Was that the fact you were asking for? I am not sure.
I think the reason fisherman hunt seals is simple.Some of the meat is eaten and it doesn,t taste as bad as some wild game.Seal is also hunted for thier pelts.How is it greedy to sell seal pelts for money to put food on the table or to help pay other household bills?TO all the vegans out there ,I wonder how maney of you would be vegetarian if you had to grow your own vegetables.I have nothing against vegans or meat lovers,I eat both myself.I think the seal hunt is as important as any other harvest of animals for food ,leather gloves,leather couches,leather boots,wallets,leather interiors in limos for rock stars or movie stars or anybody.I also think fishermen will hunt seals because they don,t like being told how to go about their lives by people who couldn,t figure out how to wipe their own arses without instructions.yours truly:barry
No mike, Im looking for a published paper/report supporting your "fact" they only eat 1.5% cod if this is true this is breaking seal research news!
The (Rice 2002)citation you re-typed from the IMMA website was actually from a radio station news article, and should actually have been cited (Rice 1999).
We all know how acurate the media is for scientific fact, do you have anything else to support this?
http://www.nscons.ca/mammals.html
Do some research, this is the North/South consultants group, they do studies along with other Aquatic Environment Specialist, that have been studying this for years.
In regards/response to Barry's:
'I have nothing against vegans or meat lovers,I eat both myself.'
Uhm... ew? Too much information.
But to his:
'I think the seal hunt is as important as any other harvest of animals for food ,leather gloves,leather couches,leather boots,wallets,leather interiors in limos for rock stars or movie stars or anybody'
Point proved. It's just as needless as all that crap you mentioned above. Thanks pal! =) Nicely put!
This is a site Matt. It was not from a radio station news article, not where I found it. There are updated versions, J.W. Rice still writes on the topic.
http://www.zoominfo.com/directory/Lavigne_David_1442576.htm
Just thought I would give my two cents. Thanks for the blog. See ya guys.
Sorry correction, it is J.C. Rice. Not J.W. oh, my. Do not have a clue why I typed W..:(
anyway thanks for a very "INTERESTING" insight.
Matt, my answer is NO. I do not want another factory producing synthetic fur or leather. I was using that as an example of the sealers being offered alternatives and that using money as an excuse to continue the cull --which is what they incessantly do-- is balderdash. And, do you not think their 300 sealing vessels require a ton of petroleum? Or, the coast guard vessels which have to come and rescue them when they get precariously trapped on the ice floes? If you really want to jump on the bandwagon that touts using less petroleum (and to let you know, I am on that bandwagon), then maybe you shouldn't be supporting the seal slaughter after all. I really think you care more about altercating with others than promoting our independence from oil. And, by the way, eating meat is also bad for the environment because, in case you didn't know, the whole meat industry is heavily reliant upon petroleum (and, I'm assuming you eat meat because of your petakills URL).
And, who the heck even cares whether Heather Mills McCartney actually WANTED to be on the ice? That is beside the point. She went to the ice because of her desire to stop this slaughter, knowing darn well that her celebrity status would attract media attention. And, guess what? It worked. Take yourself, for instance. You even checked out her transcript from CNN :) I take back my previous question, I guess you care!
One more thing, Matt. Who the heck cares (besides you, again) how much cod the seals eat? Really. Whether it's 1% or 88%, what is the difference? Seals eat cod. That is part of their diet. As Michael so smartly stated, seals will eat cod until there is no longer cod available to them (which will happen thanks to the maniacal actions of the DFO). Nature has a balanced food chain. Humans infringe upon and destroy that delicate system. You cannot truly tell me you honestly believe the seal slaughter is a way to control the cod population. That is simply not true and it doesn't take a genius or a scientific paper to realize that. Maybe, just maybe, we should leave the cod to the seals and find another food source for ourselves (of which there are many).
Growing up, didn't your parents ever teach you to treat things the way you would like to be treated? Obviously, not. Unless, of course, you'd like to be bludgeoned on the skull with a hakapik (in front of your mom) and either skinned alive or left to die by choking on your own blood. Actually, sorry, you clearly haven't grown up yet, so maybe your parents have yet to teach you that lesson.
I was out on the ice with RFA during the LHMC and SPM awarness filming for HSUS. We had to keep the mother away from the pup/crew with poles, she didn't return to the pup after we backed away, I assume it starved.
You quote Dr. Lavigne?! And his not for profit?!
The same Dr. Lavigne who is funded by the IFAW? And you guys talk about a bias at DFO!
This is the same Dr. Lavigne who believes that seal predation of cod will actually bring about recovery in the stocks!
You guys can't be for real.
Sorry Mike>>> www.nscons.ca has done no research on harp seals or their diet...do you have a better link...didn't think so.
Matt, Dr. Laviigne is a professor of marine biology, and is in Toronto, he is actually one of the best in the world.
http://www.nscons.ca/mammals.html
Assessment of Stomach Contents
Analyzed stomach contents of beluga whales, seals, and lake trout for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Stomachs were assessed for fullness and contents were then identified and weighed (both wet and dry weights were obtained).
Can you research this a wee bit on your own? Start here Matt and proceed forward in your research....there are articles all over, about 40 years ago scientist and biologist started to analyze the stomach contents by law of dead marine mammals.
Why do you care how much Cod they eat, honestly?
They were born to eat fish. But it is not all they eat in fact, very little of their diet is cod.
And I can say to you this, if he is funded by IFAW, they have a good one, he sure does write well, and is well repected in his field. I did not get the name of the Independant Veternarians used in the 2005 IVWG report. Do you know who they were? They are only known as Independant.
Matt,
Dr. Lavigne is not the only one that believes the cod are better off with predation. Matt it makes alot of sense. In nature when the weak are not culled, say of birth defects, other weaknesses, then that weakness will be repeated in breeding cycles along with the birth defects.
The truth is killing the seal have not helped in any way with the cod either. The cod stocks are worse than ever, and this cull to replenish the fisheries has been going on for a long time now.
Other countries have tried this to no avail, they realized and stopped doing it. There is a polish link on one of these two pages I do believe.
Here are a couple of links
http://www.polskieradio.pl/polonia/article.asp?tId=35299&j=2
http://www.fisherycrisis.com/seals/seal_hunt_ecologically_irrespons.htm
If you look you can find a bunch of articles published on this subject. By very well respected scientist, biologist, professors. etc.. worldwide, known for their knowledge in these things.
Sarah,
About the jobs.
CBC website told the story of a Springdale business man who has begun recruiting expatriate Newfoundlanders, from places like Alberta, to work with him in his operation.
According to the article “…there are plenty of people who could do the jobs here, but he (the business owner) said many don't want to work until their employment insurance runs out.
(He)… said he is up against a bad attitude that has been nurtured by a long history of government assistance.
Clay
Matt, be nice to the ladies man.
Sarah,
I forgot the link, I am sorry.
http://www.cbc.ca/nl/story/nf-alta-recruit-20060410.html?ref=rss
Here are 60 jobs for those that need them in Newfoundland and Labrador.
http://egj.lib.uidaho.edu/egj17/mason1.html
The Newfoundland Cod Stock Collapse: A Review and Analysis of Social Factors.
I got this link from the other page seal-ing the deal or join the club, I enjoyed it, very good reading.
Night all,
Clay
It looks like PEI is making a smart decision for their future.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2006/04/14/1534832-cp.html
I myself wonder where is one to get seal in the first place, butchers don't have it, grociers don't have it, no body has it. Where is this seal meat?
I myself wonder where is one to get seal in the first place, butchers don't have it, grociers don't have it, no body has it. Where is this seal meat?
YOU PEOPLE ARE FUCKING SICK!!!!!!!! HOW CAN YOU EAT INNOCENT ANIMALS...INNOCENT LITTLE SEALS THAT DID NOTHING TO YOU? COULDNT YOU JUST EAT A NICE SANDWICH MADE OUT OF LETTECE TOMATOE AND CHEESE INSTEAD OR DO YOU GET A SICK PLEASURE OUT OF EATING LITTLE SEALS AND THEIR FLIPPERS
CLUB SODA NOT SEALS
PEACE
Alicia... you mean cheese that comes from those female cows that are tied down, boarded up and kept pregnant so they can produce milk to make that cheese?!
[Yes, cows DO only produce milk when they're pregnant.]
What happens to all those babies they inevitably spit out? VEAL HAPPENS, that's what.
The ONLY way to avoid hurting animals, people, AND the environment at once is to adopt a VEGAN diet. You'd be amazed at how simple, healthy, and inexpensive it is. Try it! ;)
Hear, hear! If people are so concerned with doing what's best for the planet [and benefitting themselves as a bonus!] they'll adopt a plant based diet. Nice!
Here, here? :)