100 Nude Activists Protest Canadian Seal Hunt in Spain
Spanish animal rights group EquAnimal takes the prize for the most epic protest for the International Day of Action Against the Canadian Seal Hunt with about 100 activists stripping nude for the cause.
The sprawling mass of nude painted-red bodies seemed to cause quite a stir in Madrid yesterday. While the effectiveness of nude protests is always arguable, the Spanish media has covered the story extensively today, with some outlets even including footage of seal hunting along with their coverage of the protest.
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The action seemed to be less ridiculous than the typical nude protest that we’re used to in America; instead of a couple model-thin women, EquAnimal had hundreds of men and women of all shapes and sizes participating.
If you want to help out with the day of action, it’s not too late (and no nudity is required). Four of the five ways to participate are still easy to do after the date.
Some PG-13 Photos:
Newscasts (contain graphic violence and nudity):
Photos courtesy of Periódico La Democracia.
Shouldn’t those hypocrites be protesting Spanish bullfights?
Canadian seal hunt = sustainable use of a natural resource by people living in remote coastal communities.
Spanish bullfights = slow torture and killing of an animal for the entertainment of a crowd of Spaniards.
Joan,
Before you make an accusation of hypocrisy, you might want to click a couple of the links in the story. This same animal rights group frequently runs out into bullfighting rings, risking their own safety and freedom to protest the “sport.”
Here’s one video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXF9fMzkOy8&eurl=http://www.equanimal.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=63&Itemid=10
And who says they’re protesting the “sustainability” of the hunt? They’re protesting the killing of thousands of animals for nothing but their furs. Don’t kid yourself into thinking these hunts are for natives in “remote coastal communities” — the hunt only exists because there are people buying the furs.
The seals aren’t being killed for food. They’re being killed to sell their furs, and eight seals makes one coat. “Sustainable” or not, it’s unnecessary.
-Alex
Kudos to them! Great protest!! Thank you for sharing.
Joan, please don’t talk nonsense! How can you write about “sustainable use of a natural resource” ? It’s a horrific slaughter of puppies clubbed to death without any reason!!! The Canadian Economy gains nothing, the opposite! Before writing please get some information! And since I’m an AR activist I’m not hypocritical, I fight for the right of every animal to LIVE! Animals are not OURS, we can’t use them, they are not made for us. Seal hunters are violent, you don’t have a heart if you are able to kill that way, sooner or later they use their violence against humans
Go Vegan Joan, you will be a better person!
KYDOS TO SPAIN!! AMAZING JOBS FOLKS-REAL NOISE 4 THE VOICELESS
Yea for them, we all live on the same planet and share the same resources and we fight animal cruelty wherever it is. I fight bullfighting and the seal slaughter, one can do both!!!!
And the seal slaughter is barbaric, cruel, not sustainable, it is commerical funded by the Canadian government using taxpayer’s money. Nothing remote about it except where it takes place and the government helps with this. IT IS COMMERICAL, not cultural or traditional.
Alex is pretty much correct. I don’t understand how anyone can accept this needless practice, much less defend it with spurious arguments about supporting remote coastal communities.
The argument that they can’t find other things to do is ridiculous. When slavery was abolished, everyone who ever relied on it had to adapt and learn new trades.
as a native North American, I’m even more appalled at the slaughter of our seal cousins for money. But, it is consistent with the Canadian attitude toward nature. These people slaughtered native people in much the same way and Canadian mining companies and logging operations are destroying Mother Earth all over the planet. The people in these communities don’t need to hunt to sustain themselves. They kill, not to put food on the table, but to consume more crap that is killing the planet.
Hi,
I would appreciate such efforts.
And the people devoting their time for animals. It shows they have humanity in their heart. They still proving that god created human as the topmost creation of it. Because they are spreading peace and love for every creation of god.
I would just request here to the people if they are posting youtube videos , then please try to put the translated in english if it is not possible to dub it into english atleast try to put sentences at the bottom of video so that people like me who don’t understand spanish can understand it.
Thanks.
I am with you.
Dev,
I don’t understand enough Spanish to provide a translation and the Spanish newscasts were the only videos available.
-Alex