CORRECTION - HSI/Canada: Massive Seal Hunt Subsidy is Shameful
HSI/Canada condemns waste of tax dollars to prop up dying industry
(firmenpresse) - MONTREAL, QUEBEC -- (Marketwired) -- 04/08/15 -- This release corrects and replaces the one sent at 14:21 ET. The HIS in the title has been replaced with HSI.
The government of Newfoundland and Labrador has announced that it will provide a further $2 million bailout to Carino Company Ltd. and PhocaLux International Inc. to prop up the dying sealing industry. Humane Society International/Canada Executive Director Rebecca Aldworth issued the following statement in response:
"Yet again, seal processors are relying on government handouts to continue their bloody business. Because of the inherent animal welfare and conservation problems associated with commercial sealing, global markets for seal products are closing fast, with more than 35 countries now prohibiting trade in products of commercial seal hunts. Moreover, despite multi-decade efforts by the commercial sealing industry and Canadian government to market seal products in Asia, China continues to block imports of seal meat.
"There is no future in commercial sealing, yet both the federal and provincial governments are sinking tax dollars into this senseless slaughter. In the past four years alone, more than $9 million in government funding has been made available to seal processors in Newfoundland, despite the clear lack of markets for these products. It is shameful that these funds are being provided to an industry that employs only a few hundred people on a part time basis, even as thousands of critical public service jobs are eliminated in Atlantic Canada.
"Instead of continuing to prop up this outdated slaughter, our governments should invest in a one-time buyout of the commercial sealing industry. Such a plan would involve the federal government ending the commercial seal hunt, providing compensation to sealers and investing in economic alternatives. Polling suggests there is broad support for such an initiative within the Canadian public and in the sealing community."
FACTS:
Humane Society International/Canada is a leading force for animal protection, representing tens of thousands of members and constituents across the country. HSI/Canada has active programs in companion animals, wildlife and habitat protection, marine mammal preservation and farm animal welfare. HSI/Canada is proud to be a part of Humane Society International-one of the largest animal protection organizations in the world, with more than eleven million members and constituents globally-on the Web at hsicanada.ca.
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