EU vote could lead to tight ban on Canadian seal products
Whether or not this is the final nail in Canada's commercial seal hunt coffin may depend on our government's success marketing dead seal products to Asia. Bewilderingly, the will to do so appears to remain strong. I'm inclined to think our tax dollars would be better spent promoting the creation of sustainable, ethical jobs for our country's few remaining commercial sealers.
Even if this does mark the end, whether or not this should be constituted a "victory" depends on how it's interpreted in the fashion world. Is it likely to raise awareness of the inherent cruelty of fur generally? Or will Europe's cold simply replace their seal with more mink and chinchilla? If a drop in seal "production" is just replaced by a spike in the sale of skins of other dead animals, that's not a victory.
Thoughts?
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Tuesday, March 3, 2009
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