The European Union Of Ban Commercial Seal Products

free trade - ‘Buy local’ as a barrier to EU internal market-.” to inform readers about how local is local food, what “food miles” are, and the justification of buying local food. Hojnik first talks about environmental protection and how, “Sponsors of such campaigns often emphasise the need to increase domestic production and reduce long-distance transport, in light of the fact that transport is a major contributor to pollution” (248). She then goes on to talk about food miles within the environmental impact. She says, “In the context of the environmental impact of food, the term ‘food miles’ (or kilometers) was developed to refer to the distance food travels from its production until it reaches the consumer” (249). One of the last things that Hojnik talks about it how local is local. To many people local means the nearest they could find something. Well, to Hojnik, it means a couple of different things. She says, “People who value local origin as their primary food criterion are sometimes referred to as locavores” (249). Hojnik makes sure that her readers also know how she thinks about local food and its production, “can be thought of as concentric circles that start with growing at home. The next circle might be food grown in our immediate community - then region and state” (249). All in all, Janja Hojnik stated that local foods need to be the main source of food, food miles need to be smaller, and defines

People have very strong feelings towards the seal hunt. It is one of the most controversial topics in Canada. Many foundations like Greenpeace and Sea Shepard Conservation Society have been fighting the seal hunt in Canada for years. Claiming it’s “inhuman”. People like Paul McCartney and Heather Mills come to Canada and lay down on the ice with a few baby white coats and tug at your heartstrings trying to convince the world that the seal hunt is killing these baby seals. That is however incorrect, Canada outlawed the killing of white coats in 1987. (FAQS: The Atlantic seal hunt, 2009) Another fight that they have is that the club or the “hakapik” which is a tool used for killing seals, is a inhuman and has no place in todays world. Yet again this is another incorrect argument. Veterinarians have found that the hakapik, when properly used, is at least as humane as, and often more humane than, the killing methods used in commercial slaughterhouses, which are

Glavin uses a fallacy of irrelevance to the hunting of seals attempting to distract the reader with colossal names. Glavin starts one of the paragraphs with listing off a bunch of organizations without explaining their significance. Using massive names it gives the illusion that Glavin has people agreeing with his statement. Whereas, his list only appeals to authority and he never connects this list to his argument or gives the source of this information. Glavin argues the point of sustainability; one, his view of sustainability is the ‘right of humans '. In other words, human rights prevail over the rights of animals. and two, Glavin gives a poor

Splish, splash! Seals majestically swimming about the ocean blue. There are many astonishing facts about seals that most people don't know. The origin of seals is surprising. Scientists believe seals may have evolved from land. Seals may have been on land for more than fifteen million years. They believe that seals appendages changed to flippers so they wouldn't become extinct when more water arose. By research, scientists have found that seals DNA is closely related to their early land ancestors. A newfound fossil, now named the Puijila darwini, may be the long sought missing link in the evolution of pinnipeds (seals). The fossil has been found in the Canadian Arctic and has been found to be over twenty million years old. The fossil had four

That’s exactly what the seal hunt in Canada is; Inhumane. The seal hunt in Canada kills thousands of seals annually every year. Pups are killed at about two weeks of age or three months of age. Seals are supposedly killed for their fur, oil, and meat. Seal hunting should be stopped in Canada because of the harm towards the seals.

The International Fund for Animal welfare was discussed in the documentary as they have tried to shine a negative light on the practicing of sealing. Their aim was to show the sealers as oppressing the seals and asserting their dominance over a weaker species. Which raises the idea of what socially and culture is defined as okay to be used as food and what is not. The sealers made it known that the seal are used as a source of food and that they are not just clubbing seals for sport. During the documentary it said that the seals were killed in a manner no different that of which you would see in a slaughter house. So why can cows, pigs and chickens be slaughtered to eat but not seals?

The seal lion population has decreased by eighty-percent. The weird thing is that there is no bodies to prove that the seal lions are gone. Some of the causes of the decrease could be fisherman, pollution, and killer whales. The sea lions could also be starving to death. The fisherman are taking all of their sources of food. But, in Alaska the sea lions are thriving and the whales are not. Thirty years ago ninety percent of the whale population was gone in Alaska. This resulted in an abundance of more krill and plankton, which lead to more pollock and herring. The sea lions ate the herring the most as it was healthier and kept them full. But, when the herring population decreased the sea lions had to eat pollock. Pollock is the “junk food

In this essay I will introduce the histories of whaling, how Australia involved in this problem and whether it’s beneficial for Australia or not. Whaling is the act of hunting whales for their meat, blubber and bones. The Australian whaling act was put into effect in the 18th century and the global whaling first appeared in 1600 around other countries. Whales are brutally hunted in pain. The process of killing whales would take 10-35 minutes to die once it’s harpooned.

Once relentlessly hunted by commercial industries for these products, cetaceans are now protected by international law.

5. The discharge of all toxic chemicals, other wastes like sewage from ships, oily wastes, plastics and other forms of non-biodegradable rubbish should be strictly regulated and prohibited.

This author continues to back up his argument regarding the treatment of animals. Author Gary L. Francione predicts that once animals are no longer viewed as property, countries will evolve when it comes to legal rights. To prove this finding he tests the animal welfare systems data; he finds that they have failed animals and their rights. Within his research he finds that any changes that have been made was for the best interest of the government; Gary claims that when changes were made it was to reduce labor cost or increase product. The author concludes that regardless of his argument, those over the wellness of animals have not proven to have made any significant improvement for animal property rights. “Once separated out from other property, a new area of jurisprudence will evolve, providing legal rights for at least some animals”. (Gary L. Francione, 9-57,

This article is about Gidney Fisheries posted on the New York Times, a Lobster factory in Canada. This factory is in such a remote place, yet it is very profitable and “truly global”. The lobsters sold by Gidney reach as far as Paris and Shanghai. A new trade agreement between Europe and Canada has cut the price of tariffs significantly. This increased the number of lobsters being exported into Europe immensely. Gidney Fisheries have been in business since the 1800’s and continue to grow as they have increased their work force with more than 50 percent. Gidney Fisheries assures that free trade is

The article “Why Canada Needs Europe” discusses the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), [was signed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barrosa on 18 October 2013] which establishes a commercial trade agreement between Canada and the European Union (EU). It describes how CETA could improve trade and economic conditions in Canada by reducing tariffs that limit profitability and international competitiveness, as well as updating regulations that impact areas such as intellectual property, labor mobility, and technical standards. Like NAFTA, CETA is in part intended to improve trade flow by reducing traditional barriers like tariffs. Hence, the article discusses about the trade regulations that Canada and European union had after signing the agreement.

Poland has also restricted the sale of Gioco computer games arguing that they encourage bad behavior which can be bad for the user’s health. In considering this, public health is an obvious ground. However, there must be evidence of a real risk and measure must be proportionate to that risk. The ECJ repeatedly held that the health and life of humans rank among the asset and interest protected by Article 36 TFEU (Steiner, J. Woods, L 2012). “It is for the UK and Poland, within the limits imposed by the treaty, to decide on the degree of protection they which to afford to public health and on the way in which that degree of protection is to be achieved (Steiner, J. Woods, L 2012). While this allocate Member of State considerable discretion, and variance between the levels of protection chosen by the various Member States is permitted, in practice they are limitation on this discretion. So, while discriminatory measures for UK and Poland for which justification may be sought on health ground to ban, test and inspection of imports to ensure that domestic standards are met, thus, in order for the UK and Poland to successes on banning imports of Gioco games they must prove that “Total War” imposed a real health risk which is demonstrated in case Duphar BV (case 238/82). In the case of Commission v UK the ECJ found that a requirement that UHT milk should be marketed

This is a government-imposed trade restriction that limits the number, or in certain cases the value, of goods and services that can be imported or exported during a particular time period. Quotas are used in international trade to help regulate the volume of trade between countries. They are sometimes imposed on specific goods and services to reduce imports, thereby increasing domestic production. For example there have been proposals by the European Commission to reduce quotas on the fish exported by Scotland. This includes cutting west coast haddock and cod quotas by 25% and 50% correspondingly. Quotas for prawns, one of the most valuable catches, would be cut by 9% in the North Sea and15% in the west. This makes West Sea more advantaged than the North Sea. This benefits the EU as they are trying to reduce dumping in the countries where fish is being imported. On the hand these quotas will encourage smuggling of the fish into the country which means it will not be taxed and the government will be losing money on it