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Now I wish I had a bunch of crazy funny stories I could tell you from my weekend, but I don't. I DID go to ride twice, hung out with the two babes I mentioned on Friday and spent lots of time with...
My homeless looking friend..
Quit eating your house.
Yesterday I tried to rent Sharkwater on the TV, but didn't have any luck. Sasktel sent out a new remote control and updated all their services and guides, meaning they made everything confusing and screwed me out of a Sunday matinee. I know this movie is supposed to debunk shark stereotypes and media depictions of sharks, but I was really using it to scare myself right before Cabo. Just because they didn't eat you Rob Stewart doesn't mean they don't eat people, it means you don't look like you taste good. Or they were full.
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Speaking of shark poachers. Okay I didn't mention shark poachers, but they ARE mentioned in this movie. I need to talk about the seal slaughter that is currently going on in Canada. LIKE we Canadians need ANOTHER reason to be embarrassed.. Bad movies, mediocre shopping, Howie Mandel, Jean Chretien, the amount of things we borrow/import from other Countries. All I can say is thank GAWD for Bieber. ANYWAY, this next thing TOPS the list. Actually it's more than embarrassing, it's horrific. Think the movie The Cove but replace the dolphins with seals and the Japanese for Canadians. Go to Canada's shame, click "act", sign the letter and knock something off the list of Canada's embarrassments. Please Please PLEASE.
Help save these little guys..
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If you have twitter re-tweet my seal tweet or add Peta and retweet one of theirs. Or if you have a blog, post the link. Make this Monday count!!
Happy Monday!!!
Agreed... humiliating and horrific.
ReplyDeleteI rented Sharkwater when it first came out and I hate to say it but it paled in comparison to a Shark Week show. Very educational but not a lot of action!
Cabo, Cabo, Cabo... make sure you go to The Zoo! Best bar ever!!
IF you're going to be against something be against it because your educated not because they're cute or you disagree with someone Else's culture the seal population as of today is in no danger
ReplyDeleteThe DFO set kill quotas of 270,000 seals in 2007, 275,000 in 2008, 280,000 in 2009, and 330,000 in 2010.[2] The actual kills in recent years have been less than the quotas: 82,800 in 2007, 217,800 in 2008, 72,400 in 2009, and 67,000 in 2010.[3] In 2007, Norway claimed that 29,000 harp seals were killed in its seal hunt, and Russia and Greenland claimed that 5,476 and 90,000 seals were killed in 2007, respectively.
Harp seal populations in the northwest Atlantic declined to approximately 2 million in the late 1960s as a result of Canada's annual kill rates that averaged over 291,000 from 1952 to 1970.[4] Conservationists demanded reduced rates of killing and stronger regulations to avert the extinction of the harp seals. In response, in 1971, the Canadian government instituted a quota system, though penalties are not imposed for exceeding the quota. A 2007 population survey conducted by the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) estimated the current population at 5.5 million (95% CI 3.8 million - 7.1 million).