A Very Good Day...

for Canadian baby seals not me. Here's what the Humane Society has to report on this matter:

Today is a day to celebrate. The European Union has slammed shut the door on trade in the products of the commercial seal slaughter by voting against it.

The Canadian government used every trick in the book to try to derail the ban: massive lobbying, misinformation, and even threats of trade reprisals. But the EU stood its ground and honored its citizens’ opposition to this trade in cruelty. By doing so, the EU has saved millions of seals from a horrible fate.

Every year, the ProtectSeals team has endured hazardous conditions to document the seal hunt. We are committed to showing the world that the Canadian government is lying when it claims that the hunt is humane.

What Does It Mean?

This is the beginning of the end for the Canadian seal hunt. The Canadian government estimates that losing this primary market will cost Canada’s sealing industry $6.6 million (CAD) each year. The hunt brought in less than $7 million last year. It's not hard to do the math.

Just the promise of an EU ban was enough to drive the prices for seal fur down to $15 (CAD) per skin -- a decline of 86 percent since 2006. As a result, many sealers stayed home. Out of this year's quota of 280,000 harp seals, fewer than 60,000 have been killed so far.

Now that the EU has banned its trade in seal products, countless more seals will live their lives in peace from this year forward.

The PPP is so happy that this cruel act is on its way out. It brings back all the faith I had in humanity. Humans can be quite wonderful.

Others dogs on the other hand can not be quite so wonderful. My mommy tells me that Judge just wants to play with me but he is always trying to hump me and be the new alpha dog in the house and I just will not relinquish that title!

Our apartment looks like the a scene from "The War of the Roses" were the gate has separated the apartment in two. I get the living room and mom's room and Judge gets the kitchen and his mom's room. The bathroom is neutral space like Switzerland.

Not much to tell since we have not been together much except for some walks. This weather has not been helping since it is keeping everyone inside and giving us all cabin fever.

Let's see what tomorrow brings...Chow for now!