Save the Fish

Paul McCartney, whom I admire, has just been on Larry King debating with Danny Williams over the seal hunt. He is of course opposed. But, reading the transcript, I think Williams hit the seal on the head, so to speak, by saying Sir P. has been misinformed and used by unscrupulous organizations that profit from their opposition to the hunt.

Baby seals are cute. But they are aggressive predators, and their population is exploding. As a vegetarian myself, I see far less problem with killing predators than with killing an innocent herbivore like a cow or a pig. After all, logically, culling seals will probably save more animal lives than it takes.

Ending the seal hunt, therefore, can only be justified by the notion that some animals are more equal than others.