Have you heard the good news? Despite millions of dollars spend by Canada lobbying, the European Parliament voted to ban the importation of Seal products into the European Union. The vote: 550 for the ban and only 49 against. Awesome on top of awesome. This means that the Canadian Seal Killers will have to hang up their hakapiks and find some meaningful work.

The Seal hunt was off all season. While the Canadian department of fisheries set a quota for 280,000, the "hunters" have barely been able to kill 60,000. Why? Because no one wants to wear Seal fur. It is barbaric, ostentatious and ugly when it isn't attached to a live Seal. Even pimps have more class than to wear Seal fur nowadays.

Only 306 sealing enterprises from Newfoundland and Labrador have taken part in this year's hunt, compared with 977 last year, said Larry Yetman, a resource management officer with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.

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Why? In 2006 Seal pelts were going for $105. Now, they are $14 bucks. The Canadian government claims that it is going to petition the ban with the World Trade Organization. But with pelts at $14, they shouldn't bother. If the Canadian government cares so much about the economically disadvantaged Sealers they should just write each Sealer a shitty little check each year and be done with it.

Let us all celebrate the death knell of the Canadian Seal "Hunt."

--Sharky