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disneydream06Canada's Governor General Snacks on Seal Heart
In a display deemed "too bizarre to acknowledge," Canada's Governor General Michaelle Jean ate a slaughtered seal's heart raw to show support for seal hunting in the great white North. Jean, the representative of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II as Canada's head of state, knelt above a pair of seal carcasses at an Inuit festival and asked a native woman, "Could I try the heart?" She then swallowed a slice and declared it tasty: "It's like sushi. . . And it's very rich in protein."
Jean's seal meal was a probable reaction to the European Union's June ban on seal hunting and large-scale pelt trading in Canada, Greenland, and elsewhere (with exceptions made for traditional Inuit hunts). Canadian restaurants with seal on the menu received an unexpected and controversial boost last month.
In a display deemed "too bizarre to acknowledge," Canada's Governor General Michaelle Jean ate a slaughtered seal's heart raw to show support for seal hunting in the great white North. Jean, the representative of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II as Canada's head of state, knelt above a pair of seal carcasses at an Inuit festival and asked a native woman, "Could I try the heart?" She then swallowed a slice and declared it tasty: "It's like sushi. . . And it's very rich in protein."
Jean's seal meal was a probable reaction to the European Union's June ban on seal hunting and large-scale pelt trading in Canada, Greenland, and elsewhere (with exceptions made for traditional Inuit hunts). Canadian restaurants with seal on the menu received an unexpected and controversial boost last month.
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Date: 2009-07-24 02:32 am (UTC)