Critter News
APRIL 21, 2009
And this is despite the bad press received by the annual seal hunts. For time immemorial seal has been eaten -- raw -- as a traditional food by indigenous people such as the Inuit. Many diners are huge fans of its taste, describing the mammal's meat as somewhere between duck and veal.
Critter News
FEBRUARY 8, 2010
He refused to eat the seal meat that the local Inuit community offered to the meeting participants, instead eating Arctic char. They're basically making participants choose between eating seal meat or pissing off the Inuits and risk being called racists. Good for him! Real emotional blackmail on the part of the Canadians.
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Critter News
AUGUST 18, 2009
He's doing it to show his opposition to the EU's ban on seal products. Tags: canada europe seals hunting. Canada plans on appealing to the WTO. Stay classy Harper!
Critter News
JANUARY 14, 2010
Tags: canada. "That being said, there are many other markets out there. That's what we're doing in China. We're trying to expand on the market that's here." Maybe they can start trading them for bear gall bladders and tiger parts.
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