it is ‘generally
now that the huge seal herds
are declining in. size. Last
. . year thé Sealers. were. unable.

to-kill enough’ Pups. to’ make .

‘their: 180,000 : “quota: This. -
- year: the. Department. of |

_ Fisheries has: set. the® same
quota. - soo:
~The’ governinént: of Canada
has stated.that the opponents
of the ‘seal ‘slaughter. have a
right: to protest the hunt as
long. as they don’t’ interfere
‘with: ‘it. This ‘soutids ‘very
liberal in. theory: An. ‘practice,
_ thé: goveriiment™ of Canada,
through ‘the: Depattment- of

Fisheries,. has “done ‘every- |

thing imaginable to make the
"job of. the protesters as
difficult as: s possible.

A case’ in ‘point is the
so-called . ‘Seal’ . Protection
Act’. This infamous piece of
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going to. ‘become a reality.

The stated policy of the Act is. 7
to? protect: seals, but this | |

° piece-of hypocrisy is in the
books simply. fo make ‘the job

fly-any

seal: or: to - ‘land. ‘within. a
half-mile: of one. This in
effect makes it impossible to
count, photograph: or -other-

wise monitor seal herd

numbers from the air; as the
white pups are invisible from
that height. Prohibiting land-
ings within a half-mile of the
herds makes it very, very

difficult to approach them oa
' foot,

-as-‘the.. rugged .
conditions often preclude any
type ~’of ‘foot, acvess.. Of

- course, the slaughterers, and

. ‘helicopter pilots — concemed
protested “that it -~
umpossible to see the

. -,from'2,000 feet and.
were: |
. Fisheries official that“‘if you ”
-. break the law, you- break the:
law’. Later, when lawyers for...
Greenpeace | ‘succeeded’ in-

in 4976 and. 1977 - the

a ent of: ., Fisheries,:
‘ aided by the. RCMP, seized

Greenpeace” Ss. helicopters
allegedly * contravening’.
*Seal’’ Protection ‘Act’: Th

“told -by a -senior

getting the helicopters .Te-
leased, the Fisheries
Department told fuel” _sup-

- pliers in. Newfoundland that “
they could be charged with =
“aiding and abetting a .

crime”’ by selling fuel ‘to
‘Greenpeace’ s helicopters.

They were

>fuel supply and this forced.
paseo to go back. to.

time. | hen € court session

~ the officiais.“are~ under no —

, Such | shandicap:. “guided by.

., . Iee-breakers’ --
o th

o F ac Naw
- through ° ‘donations, | raffles,

merchandise
bequests.

‘sales -
The ~ average.
‘eight
dollars.; ‘The “Foundation
sends a few picked people to
the floes (it can’t. afford to
send very many). Greenpeace
is under ‘‘no .delusion of
saving any seals - their hope
is to stir enough publicity to
bring this senseless and
brutal slaughter. to an end.

When the Greenpeace
delegates arrive at the
nearest town to the slaughter
helicopters are hired to ferry
the chosen volunteers to the
ice. There is tio other
practical way to get there.
The helicopters are vital.
“There simply is no other
way to observe the slaughter
and photograph it than an
aerial viewing platform,”’

was over Greenpeace was
still faced: with’ the ‘pr

xperiencing

“The Seal Protection Act
also makes it illegal to mark,

touch or move a’ seal. This .
means no publicity photos,.

andalsoprevents Greenpeace
from marking pelts with
harmless dyes, making them
worthless to the sealers and

hopefully saving the, lives of - ;

the seals. Of course fisheries
officers can use the same
dye, and do.

It is illegal to go on to the
ice without a permit. The
Fisheries Department issues
the permits. Last time it took
Greenpeace’s lawyers one
month of concentrated effort
to obtain permits for four
people to visit the ice for one
day. After Greenpeace ob-

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