Sea Lion Massacre in the Galapagos

Tue29Jan2008

Sea Lion Massacre in the Galapagos

Few people actually care when Latin American people get massacred but Latin American animals still get our sympathy. 53 sea lions, 13 pups, 25 youngsters, nine males and six females, were found with their heads smashed in on Pinta island, part of the Galapagos Islands, about 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean. Sometimes the sea lions are killed and mutilated. The skin are hunted for, and the teeth and genitals of the male animals are removed for use as a supposed aphrodisiac in Chinese medicine but their was none of that here, just someone who wanted to kill animals.

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1. Eddie ~ Tuesday, Jan 29 2008 | 19:52H:

Humans have freedom of choice. Animals do not. They are forced to adapt to the pressures humans force upon them. They are viewed as objects and resources and not as life, ecosystem and balance of nature.

Galapagos (and any other environment) is viewed by the government of Ecuador as a revenue source. Shame on them for opening the island to the damage that is occurring there.

In 100 years, that island and all of its treasures will be gone. The world will lose a rare treasure.

Humans are the invasive species. The native life there is barely surviving.

2. Daniel ~ Wednesday, Jan 30 2008 | 15:52H:

"Few people actually care when Latin American people get massacred but Latin American animals still get our sympathy"

Shame on you. The introduction to this news is ludicrous. Why oppose the well-being of humans to the well-being of animals? Both are important and we should all care about both.

3. goo ~ Thursday, Jan 31 2008 | 13:31H:

I couldnt agree with Daniel & Eddie more.

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