In the three years after the massacre, 65,438+0,000 seals were killed. Why kill them? Did they do something wrong? They also saved mankind. Can't human beings put themselves in others' shoes?

They are friends of mankind, and there is nothing wrong with them. They are selfish bastards. In the past three years, Canada has hunted as many as 654.38+00,000 seals, accounting for 654.38+0/3 of the total number of seals born in this period. Protecting seals is not only an environmental issue, but also a political issue. "The biggest beneficiaries of hunting seals are politicians."

Since March 23rd, the seal hunting season has come again. The Canadian government announced that this year's hunting quota is 285,000. In the past three years, Canada has hunted as many as 654.38+00,000 seals, accounting for 654.38+0/3 of the total number of seals born in this period. Sheryl Fink, a scientist who has been tracking seals for ten years, said in an exclusive interview with this newspaper that protecting seals is not only an environmental issue, but also a political issue. "The biggest beneficiaries of hunting seals are politicians," she called for closing the consumer market of seal products, "so as to end the trade of seal products from the source."

A three-week-old Greenland baby seal lies on the ice, lazily basking in the sun, and occasionally turns over. It is only the size of a medium-sized domestic dog, with a sharp head and tail and a round belly. The shiny gray fur is dotted with black stripes. Fur is a weapon for seals to resist the cold, which is enough for them to enjoy in the cold of MINUS 50℃.

At the end of March and the beginning of April, when most parts of the northern hemisphere were pink-green, St. Lawrence Bay in Canada was still a corner forgotten by spring, and only slightly cracked ice and seawater flowing along the cracks quietly heralded the coming of spring.

There are more baby seals living sporadically next to them. They are only three to six weeks old, and some of them are still having fun together. Some lay lazily on the ice, motionless; Some play their own games, roll on the ice, or stretch out a fin to beat the water; Also, staring at the reflection on the water for a long time, I don't want to look up, as if wondering why there are animals that look so much like myself. At this time, several people wearing rain pants and snow boots appeared, each with a wooden stick with a pointed hook in his hand, striding from the ice.

A man walked up to a baby seal, while others walked away. This seal, who just came into the world, has never seen an animal different from himself, let alone a man. The baby seal raised his head, opened his mouth wide, erected a funny moustache and stared at the human coming towards him.

Seal (data picture)

I saw that the man swung a wooden stick with a pointed hook and hit the baby seal on the head. Once, twice ... The baby seal was shocked. I don't know what happened. Its clumsy body doesn't know how to avoid this sudden rain-like blow. They were defenseless, and let the sharp hook of the stick poke at its head, mouth and eyes, and blood gushed and shot at Bai Bing. The baby seal began to hide. It narrowed its eyes, put its head into its neck, backed away and tried to slip away, but the stick kept falling. ...

After a few minutes, the baby seal stopped struggling, but did not completely lose consciousness. It vaguely realized that it was hooked by its mouth and dragged on the ice, leaving a blood stain on the ice. In front of a pile of bloody companions' bodies, it was put down and there was a sharp pain in the abdomen. The little seal couldn't open his eyes, his face was distorted by pain, and he was cut in half from his abdomen ... What happened behind him, the little seal never knew.

From the end of March to the beginning of May every year, it is the season of large-scale killing of seals. During this period, 200,000 to 400,000 seals will face similar deaths in the waters near Newfoundland in eastern Canada. This year's seal hunting season began on March 23, and the Canadian government announced that the hunting quota was 285,000. In the last three years, Canada has hunted as many as 654.38+00,000 seals, accounting for 654.38+0/3 of the total number of seals born in three years. Among them, Greenland seal and blue-backed seal are the main hunting targets.

Paul mccartney, a former member of The Beatles, is a staunch opponent of seal hunting. Just after the beginning of this year's cheetah season, McCartney issued a statement asking the European Union to enact laws to ban the trade in seal products. He said: "The fate of thousands of seals is in the hands of those members of the European Parliament. In a few weeks, they will encounter a historic opportunity to stop the circulation of seal products in the EU. "

The newly appointed US President Barack Obama is also one of the opponents. Recently, the media published a letter from Obama when he was a member of parliament in 2006. In his letter, Obama said that Canada's seal hunting behavior is "inhuman" and "the United States will not tolerate Canada's behavior."

On the evening of March 2nd, the EU Committee for Internal Market and Consumer Protection put forward a proposal for a total ban on the import of seal products, which was approved by most members. According to the Act, the EU not only prohibits the import of seal products, but also prohibits the export to Russia and Asian countries through the EU.

In early May, the European Parliament will vote on whether to implement the policy of prohibiting the trade in seal products within the EU. If the vote is passed, the economic motive for hunting seals can be eliminated from the source.

"In this world, I am afraid there will never be a more cruel and bloody animal slaughter than hunting seals." The world organization for the protection of animals (IFAW), a famous environmental organization, said in a report. In order to track the current situation of seal hunting in Canada, IFAW set up a project team. Our reporter interviewed two members of the project team: Sheryl Fink, a scientist with 10 years of ice tracking experience, and Stewart Cook, a photographer who has been tracking and shooting for 9 years. At the time of the interview, they had just returned from St. Lawrence Bay, an Atlantic bay in southeastern Canada.