Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Where are the Brangelina when you need them?

The Nambians (the country put on the wold map by Brangelina) have taken to culling baby cape fur seals. The reason? As there are so few fish in the sea, the seals are competing with humans, thus they are a threat, so kill them and eat them, thud. This is African logic at work - and you have to admit - there is a logic there.

What the Namibian government doesn't see, is that it is humans who have overeaten the fish in the first place and that managing fish stocks properly, as well as curbing the appetitie of parisitic humans, is the correct way to handle the situation. Of course, the fact that the seals aren't in decline due to there being no base food for them either, does not work it's way into their reason for culling - another slightly warped logic.

Culling is just the way to not attract international celebrities, who tend to be quite polarised on cuddly cutesy issues. Way to go Namibia. There goes your celebrity beach birth dollar money!

1 comments:

Dostoy said...

Yes, it's a sad situation.

A quick question, though...and hope I'm not being too prissy...

You wrote that the seals aren't in decline, but I think you meant the seals ARE in decline because of the food shortage...

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