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Seal hunt
Posted May 22, 2008
This is a subject that I've been listening about ever since I was a kid and still hasn't been solved. After more than 10 years I still find that baby seals in Canada continue to be killed in a brutal way to feed the human greed for more money. Because they are after these seals skin they try not to shoot them, hitting them with sticks instead untill they die. Others do shoot them and then live them to die on the ice while they go looking for more seals. The competition is high and the conditions are harsh so they try to kill as many as possible. Sometimes some of them are actually skinned alive! All of this disguted me as a kid and still does. Its unaceptable that such cruelty still lasts. So I'm going to leave here a couple of links for those who are interested in finding more about this and, perhaps, in helping as well.
Seal Hunt Blog: http://www.kintera.org/site/c.nvI0IgN0JwE/b.2628601/k.83B1/Seal_Hunt_Blog.htm
Stop the Seal Hunt: http://www.kintera.org/site/c.nvI0IgN0JwE/b.2610547/k.B2CB/Stop_the_Seal_Hunt__300000_Actions_for_300000_Seals.htm
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Connect2Earth
Posted Mar 26, 2008
Two major environmental organizations, WWF and IUCN, supported by Nokia,are lauching connect2earth.org. This is a site where young people can tell the world what they think about the environment and perhaps make other people think about it as well. Not only can you express your opinions, but you can also meet new people with the same interests and perhaps with new and interesting points of view.
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Animals in circuses
Posted Mar 26, 2008
We all like to go to the circus. Most of us anyway. Most of us also likes to see the tigers, the lions, monkeys and all sorts of wild animals doing all sort of things. They are beautiful aren't them? If you really like them, then you should not want them to be in the circus. They are wild animals, not pets. They belong in the wild, not in cages. Don't you think it's a little stupid having an animal training day after day, learning all those tricks against their will, just to please us? It's at least cruel.
Here, in Portugal, there are already actions agaisnt the use of animals in circuses. But Portugal isn't the only country where people have started to turn against this cruel entertainment. Sites, like the one of animal liberation or the one of animal activism, already call our attention on this subject.
There is a book by Jean Yves Domalain, called "The animal connection : the confessions of an ex-wild animal trafficker, wich talks about the animal traffic that is behind the circus. You can also go to IDAUSA's site for more information.
Do you really think that is such a big deal that our kids won't get to enjoy the sight of a man putting his head inside a lion's mouth? There are so many wonderful things to see in the circus! Such human talent! Why should we be selfish?
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