Here come all the crazies, trying to grab attention at 2010. Alex Pacheco, co-founder of PETA, was quoted as saying, "Arson, property destruction, burglary and theft are acceptable crimes when used for the animal cause."
The animal rights activists all push their images of clubs and bloody cute baby seals, and that’s all people think about. Not to mention that seals are going far from extinction....
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Animal rights group to target 2010 Olympics with seal hunt protest
Written by THE CANADIAN PRESS
Tuesday, 17 February 2009
VANCOUVER, B.C. - An animal rights group wants Canada's Olympic Games to bring an end to what it calls Canada's shame.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says Vancouver's Olympic organizers have the clout to convince the Canadian government to end the controversial seal hunt on the East Coast.
"All eyes are going to be on Canada as it's preparing to host the 2010 Winter Olympics and we think that all that extra attention comes with an increased responsibility to set a positive example for the rest of the world," said Lindsay Rajt, PETA's manager of campaigns.
The group will launch a new campaign on Wednesday featuring the 2010 Inukshuk logo clubbing a seal, with the five Olympic rings dripping blood.
The group is known for its dramatic tactics to highlight animal rights but Rajt said this is the first Olympic-related campaign they've ever launched.
The Olympic organizing committee deferred comment to the federal government, saying it's were responsible for the file.
The committee's response came too late to reach the Fisheries Department in Ottawa.
Canada's seal hunt is the largest of its kind in the world, with an average annual kill of about 300,000 harp seals.
Activists and hunters have faced off for years over the issue.
Opponents decry it as inhumane and economically unnecessary.
Hunters say their methods are better than modern slaughterhouses and cancelling the hunt would decimate the livelihoods of dozens of communities.
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