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Thread ID: 78420 2007-04-14 23:51:00 Canadian baby seal hunt rumpty (2863) PC World Chat
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541096 2007-04-15 23:43:00 What's wrong with that? I'm chinese and don't condone eating cat n dog.
They would have probably been eating them for a long while before all this hippie crap.
I just don't like the idea of eating man's 'best friend'.

Guess that makes me a hippie eh? ;)

Can't change the way I am, mates. I just care too much for animals.

And I'm not a girl, either....:p
qazwsxokmijn (102)
541097 2007-04-16 01:15:00 Banned by whom? If you mean legally, can you provide evidence to support that claim? AFAIK it is still quite legal to use gin traps.

Some local authorities have by-laws against or restricting their use but it is still only being "talked" about as regards a total ban.
godfather (25)
541098 2007-04-16 04:31:00 Last time I saw baby seal fur for sale was in a New Zealand Fishing / Sports shop in the fly tying supplies dept.
The babies bodies are not all wasted, the oil goes into high priced supplements the meat into pet food.

Remove the market by not buying the products and the killing will stop.
Sue (33)
541099 2007-04-16 06:52:00 Remove the market by not buying the products and the killing will stop.

Only to have another animal take it's place.
bob_doe_nz (92)
541100 2007-04-16 07:28:00 Only to have another animal take it's place.
It's a never-ending chain, I guess.
qazwsxokmijn (102)
541101 2007-04-16 08:25:00 I do wonder what happens to horses caught off the Desert Road. Pet food maybe? Gin traps for Opussums have been banned for years in New Zealand.

what horses? ('scuse the jaffa)

afaik (and foxy/godfather too) gin traps are not banned in nz, or atleast those yellow ones used by doc, the arc, probably several other regional councils, and the public.

i'm pretty sure, however, those bear-style traps with the jaws are illegal seeing as they'll break the legs of any animal (or person) who stands on one.
motorbyclist (188)
541102 2007-04-17 05:58:00 what horses? ('scuse the jaffa)

The Kaimanawa wild horses (www.rarebreeds.co.nz). The majority of the culled horses get domesticated.


afaik (and foxy/godfather too) gin traps are not banned in nz, or atleast those yellow ones used by doc, the arc, probably several other regional councils, and the public.

i'm pretty sure, however, those bear-style traps with the jaws are illegal seeing as they'll break the legs of any animal (or person) who stands on one.

Godfather is correct. I didn't realise that they could be prohibited by councils but there is a Gin Trap Bylaw (ccc.resultspage.com) whereby they are banned around Banks Peninsula. Not all councils prohibit them however so they are still very much in use in parts of the country, unfortunately.
FoxyMX (5)
541103 2007-04-18 04:28:00 ... The majority of the culled horses get domesticated. ... Not quite right. ;) Lucky mustered horses might be domesticated, the rest will be culled and buried (or become petfood). Graham L (2)
541104 2007-04-18 10:25:00 huh, i never new they even existed, but i can see why doc would want to keep their numbers down motorbyclist (188)
541105 2007-04-18 11:23:00 My cat relies on such activities. godfather (25)
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