Can What You Put on Your Pancakes Help Save Seals? May 26, 2009

American maple syrup. :)

im not sure i can agree with this one... i live in northern ontario and my good friend who is against the seal slaughter owns and operates a maple farm. I do not see how maple syrup relates to the seal slaughter as the seal slaughter isnt even in the same region as maple syrup... i feel like this is an attack on Canadians...

sugar free syrup which is not from canada lol

you should definitley have more info on how this relates to the sela slaughter-
they're both canaadaian industry but how do they intertwine the abuse?
im curiosss!
-pancake lover, animal saver ^_^

i agree. maple syrup & the seal slaughter are completely different industries & regions. this feels more like hatin' on canada.

most canadians (in fact, the vast majoprity) are against the seal slaughter, however the gov't can't do much about banning it because of Inuit rights, when we agreed to protect their heritage & culture. this includes traditions, unfortunately, like the seal slaughter.

American Maple Syrup :D

I agree with the previous comment, I don't think I can support this one. I am a Canadian and a peta supporter but come on guys. You want to inflict economic damage on the maple industry (and all the people involved in it) simply because they are Canadian? This is taking it too far. I am a canadian and do not support the seal hunt at all, not everyone does. We can't control everything the government does, despite how hard we try. This is just an unfair attack.

oh and where in Canada can I purchase "American" maple syrup? Also, why should I purchase an IMPORTED product when we have plenty of it right here, unnecessarily consuming fuel to transport it? Does PeTA not run "Meats not Green", implying that ecological preservation should be a priority? Also, Maple Syrup is a Quebecian product, Seal products come from Newfoundland.

I am Canadian, and I am against seal slaughtering, but I do not see how maple syrup is related to seal slaughtering... Sorry but I am not going along with this one without reasonable cause.

I don't really like maple syrup and Canadian maple syrup is usually pretty expensive, so I'm pretty good in this case.

I don't agree with this in the slightest. I support the end of seal hunts as much as the next, but forcing Canada into more of an economic recession is taking it too far. A vast majority of Canadians (including me) are against the seal slaughter, so why should we be the ones, hypothetically, taking the fault for it? It's a good cause, just not the best action.

I see what they are saying. If we stop buying their top product they will listen to our demands. So I am for this and the pancakes are cute :D

Ummm. Well action is good and all but I agree with some of the previous posts. I think it's misdirected and that the syrup industry really isn't related to the seal slaughter other than it being canadian. So I think I'll have to pass on this one...

I am Canadian and COMPLETELY against the seal hunt. However, I do not see how boycotting the maple syrup industry, which is not run by sealers, is going to end the seal hunt. Boycott seal fur and products, protest, sign petitions and all of that great stuff. The maple syrup industry does not hurt the seals at all, it's a cruelty free business and I think that this boycott will possibly only make things worse...but I love Peta2 and am usually on board with all of your boycotts.

Agreeing with the comments above.
Passing on this one being Canadian - I don't understand how boycotting them from making money off syrup which doesn't really hurt any animals, is going to stop the Canadian government from trying to make more money off the seal slaughter.

As pretty much everyone above me has stated, I disagree with your notion to completely blockade the maple syrup industry. Ignoring the fact that it's one of Canada's largest industries and the logic that if we stop purchasing it then they'll have to listen to us, one can't help but suddenly become face to face with the question of consumer responsibility. Many people when in the grocery store do not actually purchase REAL maple syrup, nor do they look to see if the product is actually Canadian or an American imposter. I agree with the principle behind this notion, but in reality, I don't think it'd pan out.

I don't see the connection between maple syrup and seal slaughter.

I have a feeling this boycott isn't going to do anything except make innocent people lose jobs, therefore I can't support it.

Me neither I don't see the connection between maple syrup but I have to disagree with what 'Zachary' said:
"however the gov't can't do much about banning it because of Inuit rights, when we agreed to protect their heritage & culture. this includes traditions, unfortunately, like the seal slaughter."

Canada's annual commercial seal hunt is the largest commercial hunt of marine mammals on the planet.

Sealing is an off-season activity conducted by fishermen from Canada's East Coast. They make, on average, one twentieth of their incomes from seal hunting and the rest from commercial fisheries. Even in Newfoundland, where 90 percent of sealers live, revenues from the hunt account for less than 1 percent of the province's economy and only 2 percent of the landed value of the fishery.

The commercial seal hunt is an activity that Canada's federal government could easily replace with economic alternatives, should it choose to do so.

Canada, produces most of the world's supply of maple syrup.

I think the point of boycotting the syrup is because Canada clearly are not benefitting from the seal hunt so it just seems pointless, hit them where it hurts!

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