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Incredulous Quote of the week...
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The Canadian Veterinary Association stated that 98% of seals are clubbed in a humane manner
that was a quote from this story http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4406665.stm
i find this absolutely the most absurd statement i've heard in a long time.
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or maybe they killed them softly with their song?
whats next eh?
Whether you believe in a cull at all is another matter.
How much do you know about killing seals?
Disagree with the cull if you want, that, as I said is a seperate issue, but this could be humane. You dont know.
"Bashing them over the head is akin to smacking a puppy on the head with a hammer. Autopsy evidence and veterinary reports prove that many of these animals are still alive at the point when they are skinned," she says.
Now, correct me if I'm wrong but if you wacked a puppy with a hammer it would die wouldnt it.
Its an ugly picture certainly, but the question is how quick they die, not how they look.
Martin Bashir, I think you are very confused about the meaning of the word 'incredulous'.
Credulous = gullible, believing
Incredulous = disbelieving, not gullible, sceptical
Perhaps you meant to say that it was incredible - i.e., not believable.
I am well aware of the meaning of this term thankyou
Why not shoot 'em in the head? Thats humane, instant death. Never understood it...
And given that MAFF marksmen during ther foot & mouth epidemic couldn't hit a cow from ten paces, I'm not all that optimistic about their aim.
Lethal injection dart gun, then.
ETA: anyway, it's a whole cocktail of drugs, not just one. Why not just bash someone's head in?
They have those gun things that you press against the head and it fires a bolt, instant kill.
More expense for no added benefit.
I don't have a problem with the culling if it is really needed (though I suspect they're going a bit OTT with the proposed numbers). However I do have a problem with the methods used if it causes suffering. According to many clubbing is a cruel and slow way of killing seals, and many are in fact still alive when they're skinned.
BBC article