Oh PETA
This ad is a tough watch.
If you don’t want to see seals being clubbed, then don’t watch.
Has PETA gone too far in its campaign against the Canadian seal industry and attempt to target the country’s tourism business?
Update: The video has been removed from YouTube. I’ll try and track down an alternative version to embed, but in the meantime you can see it on PETA’s website).
(Hat-tip: CA)
Tim Burrowes
Yes it is shocking and so tragic. Yes it is also necessary. It is time to face up to the truth that killing animals for our pleasure and our food is violent, barbaric behaviour. Whichever way we look at it.
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well, they haven’t done anything apart from show people footage of what happens. I’m assuming they haven’t manipulated it in anyway. i don’t know how they obtained it. would be slightly off if PETA filmed that themselves.
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Compelling and horrifying… haven’t seen ‘seal clubbing’ for a few years… it had gone off my radar with so many other atrocities… but I would definitely put my name to a petition or give my money to Peta… and while I wont blame all Canadians or not visit the country… it does make me feel really ill… sickening.
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Do you have an alternate link? Video has been removed from YouTube
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PETA always goes too far, that’s their whole schtick.
If you’re ever thinking of signing a petition or donating to them, remember that they believe that all pet ownership is slavery and that it’s okay for people to die as long as animals are saved. There’s a middle ground there; they just aren’t in it!
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It’s a real bugger all that culling… but damn they just taste soooo good
I love animals, baked, sauteed, roasted, fried, grilled. Oh yum.
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There’s always one fwit eh, Mick?
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I don’t think the video should have been removed. If that’s real footage of what happens to seals, the world has the right to see it. if it’s shocking, that’s not PETA’s fault, that’s the fault of reality.
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People. Eating. Tasty. Animals.
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Are these animals killed for fur coats? Excuse my ignorance.
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Video has been removed due to ‘terms of use violations’
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This is one of the most shocking and disturbing pieces of video I’ve seen in a while. But even more shocking and disturbing is the fact that this barbaric practice is still happening and the majority of people just turn a blind eye.
What exactly has PETA done wrong? All they have done is shown actual footage of what happens to seals during the annual seal hunting season.
If the Canadians are worried the ad will influence how people view Canada – in particular as a tourism destination – then they are correct. If they want to do something about it, do something about outlawing the practice, not the ad.
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i agree with you completely.
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Yes, it’s shocking.
Yes, viewers will cringe, complain and reach for their remotes.
But sadly, yes, it’s a sickening reality…just like the regular pilot whale massacres in the Faroe Islands, or the Spanish bullfighting.
However, just because these activities are “traditional”, doesn’t make them right or worthy of perpetuation.
PETA has done no wrong by making this TVC, though I suspect they will be hog-tied by the Broadcasting Standards Authority to play it only in a certain timeslot so as not to upset viewers.
The wrongdoing is at the hands of Canadian authorities who do not have the balls to ban this cruelty.
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