Slow news day?
You may not have heard that a cod holocaust is underway, though it was widely reported four weeks ago on day one of this month. Don’t say you haven’t been warned:
PETA Endorses Seal Hunt, Cites Need To Stop Atlantic Cod ‘Holocaust’ — People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) staged a rally this morning in Quebec’s Iles de la Madeleine to unveil a new campaign to protect Atlantic cod from one of their chief predators, the Canadian harp seal. Eight people attended the demonstration. “We have to fight back against these dangerous seals on behalf of those who cannot be heard,” announced Daphna Nachminovitch, PETA’s vice president for cruelty investigations. “Because they are underwater. Sea kittens, rise up against this Holocaust!”
Meanwhile, MSNBC notes that Obama is the first US President in recent memory not to have thrown out a first pitch at a baseball game during his first hundred days. Why would that be?
April 28th, 2009 at 7:21 am
Does this mean that PETA zealots will quit throwing paint on seal-fur coats? I can imagine PETA going to war with itself over this. Oh boy! What fun!
April 28th, 2009 at 7:50 am
1. As long as the cod population does not become too sparse to reproduce, the drop in their numbers is arguably not serious.
2. In any event, PETA will soon call for a crash program to genetically modify cod so they can evade the seals.
3. Hijinks are not unknown on slow news days.
Don’t say you haven’t been warned
Is that a hint?
April 28th, 2009 at 9:35 am
Fidel isn’t healthy enough yet to join him on the diamond… Even in his current condition, Fidel would still embarrass him. If Barry was capable of embarrassment.
April 28th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
This was an april fools story – follow the links back to the original.
April 28th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
PETA is out to protect sea kittens, aka “wet pussies”. Those evil seals must be stopped from eating all those “wet pussies”.