cuteness factor

Nicolas Sarkozy embrasse la cause de B.B.

for those who can't read French

« French president Nicolas Sakorzy promised to accelerated procedures so that the EU will ban any product coming from seals. He therefore responded to Brigitte Bardot, who fought to ban seal hunting for over 30 years. »

Have you noticed that most animal « rights » fighters only defend cute animals? So far, I haven't seen (ok, let's say only a handful of) a militant defending pigs, cows, fish...

This all because of the cuteness factor. Australia has given us a dramatic example. Because they are cute, koalas have been overprotected. As a result, eucalyptus (you know, the only thing they eat) forests have depleted dramatically. And yet, and an AUstralian friend told me the policy still exists, the gouvernment refuses to let people hunt koalas. Meanwhile, wombats are also menaced, but they are, apparently, uglier so they receive less sympathy from the people.

For those who didn't know: baby seal hunting has been banned (or at least, severely restricted) for over 30 years now. Yes, slaughtering an animal over an immaculate snow field looks barbaric, but don't tell me that cows and pigs receive a more « human » treatment. If the EU and the bitch... euh, Ms Bardot, want to show constance, then they should militate for the banning of ALL animal killings by humans

edit: here is an English link http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNew...hub=TopStories

Jam it back in, in the dark.