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Paul McCartney protests against Canada's seal hunt

Standing on an ice floe near the Magdalen Islands on March 2 2006, McCartney called the centuries-old commercial hunt a "stain on the character of the Canadian people," and urged Prime Minister Stephen Harper to put an end to it. McCartney follows in the footsteps of other stars who have protested the seal hunt, such as Brigitte Bardot, Pamela Anderson, and TV's MacGyver, Richard Dean Anderson. The protest was organized by the Humane Society of the United States and the British-based group, Respect for Animals.

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The point of view of the Terra Nova Greens

A seal is defined as "a fish eating amphibeous marine mammel with flippers." There are many types of seal in the North Atlantic, Near and around Newfoundland and Labrador, there are up to six million seals. Chief among these are Harp and Hood seals. In contrast, the Harbour Seal of the eastern seaboard of Canada and the United States is currently only about six thousand in number.

Although the Terra Nova Greens are against any cruelty to animals we do recognize a distinction between animal rights and proper stewardship of the environment.It is the policy of the Terra Nova Greens that a seal harvest should only be implemented when markets are available for the whole animal. A seal harvest should not be used in an attempt to enhance fisheries.

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