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LATEST NEWS:

 

U.S. senators call for end to seal hunt: Canadian

official decries

'inflammatory' statements, 'untruths' in resolution

 

The Ottawa Citizen

Wed 05 May 2004

Page: A12

Section: News

Byline: Isabel Teotonio

Source: The Ottawa Citizen

 

 

Two leading U.S. senators are supporting a committee

resolution urging

the Canadian government to stop the slaughter of harp

and hooded seals.

 

 

The move comes just days after Prime Minister Paul

Martin made an

official visit to Washington, in an effort to boost

relations between

the two countries.

 

 

A day after meeting with Mr. Martin, Republican

Senator Richard Lugar,

chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee,

and Joseph Biden,

the top-ranking Democrat on the influential committee,

endorsed the

resolution that was adopted unanimously on Friday.

 

 

" I think the timing is just a coincidence, " said

Rebecca Aldworth, seal

campaigner for the International Fund for Animal

Welfare (IFAW) in

Canada. " But it's a strong statement from the American

government that

the American public and its representatives condemn

Canada's commercial

seal hunt and feel there are better economic solutions

for the people of

Canada's East Coast. "

 

 

Having the support of senators Biden and Lugar is

" tremendously

important, " she said, adding it sends a strong message

to the Martin

government that " very serious political forces around

the world " oppose

the hunt.

 

 

It's inevitable the two nations will disagree on

certain issues, said

Martin spokeswoman Amy Butcher.

 

 

" We're each other's closest friend and trading

partner, " she said.

 

 

Stacey Neary of Sher & Blackwell, a Washington lobby

group that

represents IFAW, said the Senate was expected to vote

on the resolution

today.

 

 

Steve Outhouse of the Canadian Department of Fisheries

and Oceans warned

that senators would be voting on a resolution that

contained

" inflammatory " statements and " blatant untruths. "

 

 

The department took issue with the suggestion that the

seal hunt is part

of an effort to boost cod stocks, and a statistic

based on a 2001 report

claiming 42 per cent of seals were likely skinned

while alive and

conscious.

 

 

 

" We respect their right to put forward whatever

opinion they feel is the

right one, but there's enough facts in here that are

inaccurate -- it's

just inflammatory language and that's disappointing

but that's their

right to put that forward. "

 

 

Edition: Final

Story Type: News

Length: 333 words

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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