seal slaughter

[la Huerta]

i'm really upset about this mass killing, how could people in the day and age do such a thing,


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[E. maculata]

Utterly incomprehensible to me

[johnc]

One of the local pro fishermen called them D@#k heads on TV which pretty well sums them up. It is annoying when trying to land a fish when an opportunistic seal plucks it off the hook but its his territory not ours. This act of lunacy I think was in a marine park and just puts out the wrong message. Bit of a pity they were is a professional boat, it would be easier to swallow if it was an amatuer.

[la Huerta]

anyone heard of what punishment the 2 are there getting....

or should i take care of the matter myself.

[rowie]

because they steal the crays? the scumbags deserve to be shot! build a better craypot or pess off!

[garymalm]

how could people in the day and age do such a thing
With one or two high powered rifles.

[Doughboy]

I heard that these effing penis nosed dimwits are going to get the book thrown at them and will recieve the harshest penalty allowable.. I thought GREAT.. then I nearly fell off my chair when they said ten thousand dollar fine and one year in gaol...:eek: :eek:


What the &$%^%& is that she-ite??? I am gob smacked that this is what they call punishment.:eek: :eek:

Pete

[Rossluck]

anyone heard of what punishment the 2 are there getting....

or should i take care of the matter myself.

You might have to take matters into your own hands. They were released after questioning. It sounds like the police didn't have enough evidence.

On second thoughts, don't take matters into your own hands.

[Bluegum]

Yep after seeing the report last night on tele, where one bloke claimed the seal population was getting out of control and taking thier fish. I liked that part as I thought the fish were not owned until caught and then legally sold. Perhaps its the fishing industry that needs to take a look at itself and what it does. I am not trying to start a debate of pro fishing, but when you continuosly net in the same are its natural that stocks will deplete.

[Iain]

To call these fishermen professionals is something of a worry, Fisheries Officers used to carry sidearms in order to protect themselves from the feuding fishers, dedicated to blasting each other out of the water to gain a bit more space in the water.
A lot of the crew are nothing short of neanderthal, just like some other 'professions' who work the land, drive trucks, cut down trees, unload ships etc.
There always has and always will be a bad element, remember the soldiers who mutilated the kitten for fun?
I tend to think of the professionals as the ones who own the company, not operate the machinery...................in this instance.

[Doughboy]

I am sorry but I am still trying to comprehend the mindless inhumanity of some people ......

Sadest thing I have heard for quite a while

Pete

[la Huerta]

the justice system in the country is all screwed up, i'm sorry to say but the police are more interested in raising revenue by booking people for the smallest traffic offences that really arn't a big deal and will never hurt anyone, yet those who do evil get off with a slap on the hand....

my aunty got the living daylights beat out of her by her husband yet nothing is been done, cops did'nt care at all, nor do they car about seals, yet someone forgets to indicate or stop at a stop sign even though there is no traffic and a cop comes wizzing along and treats the offender like he just did some horrible crime and books him, if say for instance he has money problems and can't pay the fine on time he will get his lincence suspended, and if it goes further, loose it and go to jail...

you see my point...something just ain't right here...

[DanP]

Careful, your chip is showing.

[Sir Stinkalot]

I don't think that it is the police that are to blame ..... the problem is what do they have to charge them on?

The same for the cyclist who ran the red light at a pedestrian crossing killing an old man who could only be charged with running the red light.

It needs the government to enact harsher penalties for cruelty to animals $100k+ / 15 years and jail and then get the courts to sentence on the higher end of these penalties.

Who in their right mind would vote against harsher penalties to cruelty to animals?

[Bodgy]

Who in their right mind would vote against harsher penalties to cruelty to animals?

Ah Stinky, there's a can of worms being opened.

How does one define cruelty?

All these animal rights loonies would include battery chickens, vivisection, medical research etc etc.

The animals shooting the Seals is a cut and dried case, but the devil would reside in the detail once one starts changing laws.

Don't like battery chickens and medical testing much, but its a question of greater good.

Personally I'd like to see convicted terrorists and pedophiles used instead.