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Slaughter On The Ice

by Mr. Ed — Read all 1,530 poems by Mr. Ed

Friday, March 27, 2009


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A Horrid Sequel to Slaughter From The Sky

 

“The blood was visible from the air, from 2,000 feet away. The carcasses were dumped — as they always are — left to rot in the blood of the slaughtered seals. These seals are killed for their fur, in a pointless slaughter, all for vanity and fashion.

"From the air, we could see the babies try to crawl away, to escape as the sealers bore down on them. But they were no match for men armed with hakapiks and knives. In seconds, the sealers reached the defenseless pups, and beat these terrified animals to death.”

Rebecca Aldworth – HSUS/Canada

 

Spring has now arrived in North America

And mankind’s Killing Season has begun

At least 300,000 seals will be slaughtered

Before this Spring’s Killing Season is done

 

And like the wolves being slaughtered in Alaska

These seals are not killed, to provide us with meals

Their flesh is not even removed from the killing fields

They are still being skinned alive, for man’s ‘fashion zeal’

 

Nearly 100 wolves were gunned down over Alaska, in five days

It took only a few short days to slaughter thousands of these seals

But the Canadian government, simply ignores international outrage

From petitions, to seafood boycotts, to their own citizens’ appeals

 

And many of our leaders, here in the United States

Now like to express their outrage, at these seal deaths

Yet, they simply ignore our own Alaska wolf slaughter

I have seen very few of them, even take notice of it yet

 

And now, both wolves and seals fear mankind

Seals equate us with clubs, and blood, and pain

Far across North America, wolf pups now tremble

Knowing helicopters and rifles, will bring the same

 

Spring has now arrived once more, in North America,

And mankind’s never ending Killing Season, has begun;

As I pen this, I’m once again ashamed of the human race,

And I sadly wonder if our Killing Seasons will ever be done.

 

 

©Spring 2009, Mr. Ed

 

 
   


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Reviewed by Dawn Anderson
Reviewed on March 29, 2009
So heartbreaking, it sickens me.

Reviewed by Mary Patterson
Reviewed on March 29, 2009
Its senseless and inhumane........!....M

Reviewed on March 28, 2009
Ed, you have depicted a horrible crime. I don't know if it is the right approach, but in some places I know, the solution adopted to stop this inhuman practice is to "eliminate those who seek to destroy...the so-called human rights of the destroyer be damned".

Sincerely,
Regino

Reviewed by John Flanagan
Reviewed on March 27, 2009
Yours, Sir, is a compassionate eloquent voice speaking for the defenceless and innocent and against this barbaric practice. Thank you for this, thank you.
John

Reviewed by Karen Palumbo
Reviewed on March 27, 2009
Such an atrocity and yet it does not seem to end. All the killing must stop, just no need for it, never was other than the greed of mankind. May God have mercy...

Be always safe,
Karen

Reviewed by Elizabeth Price
Reviewed on March 27, 2009
Sickening. Excellent write though. Liz

Reviewed by Dale Clark
Reviewed on March 27, 2009
Horrific and so senseless, makes one wonder what
is wrong with mankind, it saddens me deeply.
Thanks for the message, Ed, here's is a petition site
to visit: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/14/SAVE-the-SEALS

Reviewed by Alexandra Midnight (Reader)
Reviewed on March 27, 2009
I cannot see what is wrong with mankind and what makes people think these actions are okay. My children might know what seals are in the future to if this killing doesnt stop. More powerful words as always.
AM

Reviewed on March 27, 2009

The poor baby seals! And the wolves too! Such senseless slaughter is against God's law and we will give account for every animal we kill for no reason other than for food. Animals feel pain too and I cannot imagine how men can do such horrible things to those creatures!!! I saw them on CNN and how the seals tried to run away from the sadistic human beings who pounced on them. Stop this now please!

Cynthia

Reviewed on March 27, 2009
Heartbreaking; when will this madness ever stop???

(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Tx., Karen Lynn. :( >tears! <

Reviewed on March 27, 2009
Heartbreaking, Ed - what more can I say? Man's inhumanities continue - not for food, but for greed - appearance - tragic.

(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.

Reviewed by Sandie May Joyce
Reviewed on March 27, 2009
I'm heart-broken to read about this, and the picture is too painful a sight. I can't believe at this day and age people are still slaughtering animals for their furs.

I personally will not wear any furs, no matter how rich I will become I will NEVER WEAR any furs that is from a slaughtered animal!!!

Sandie Angel :o(

Reviewed by Georg Mateos
Reviewed on March 27, 2009
600.000 Americans died in the Civil War, to free the slaves, but they were real free? so, a couple of hundred years of segregation was freedom?
Hundred of thousand of seals are slaughtered, they carcases abandoned on the ice, they haven't the decency of giving those tons of meat to a world that's dying of hunger.
For "sport" and State "revenues" wolves are slaughtered 50.000 smackers a piece, they are calling it "culling" because there are too many.
We are going fast back to the stone age, perhaps a bout of new world wide Pest can put some sense in that people.

Georg


Reviewed on March 27, 2009
Death should not be synonimus with spring should it? Cruel barbaric death at that, it is all around us spring summer and fall, captured animals live such cruelty by the millions also,the millions we slaughter in factory farms every year. We have to get out of our prisons of who we are and want to become, but we better do it in a hurry, for otherwise there won't be much to be saved, animals, or otherwise, our soul included. Bless you for writing this my friend!

Reviewed by Ed Matlack
Reviewed on March 27, 2009
I don't understand both of these killings either...I "could" if either of these creatures posed a threat to humans in some way, but not even wolves when hungry attack humans & how the f*** could seals present a danger...if Canadian citizens & such are up in arms and it still goes on, when will it ever stop...its disgusting...Ed (I won't tell Rufuz of his brothers in Alaska, he might run away to help them)

Reviewed by Karen Vanderlaan
Reviewed on March 27, 2009
this sickens me--i don't understand how we can rationalize this killing


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