Animals have rights too!

Right now we are really upset, over the decision by the Canadian government to allow the "hunting" of baby seals. What the "hunters" do is they shoot, club or bludgeon baby seals to death. There is not much hunting to talk about - these baby seals lie on the ice with no way of escaping their assassins. To make things even worse, the baby seals are then dragged across the ice with metal-hook–tipped clubs, sometimes still conscious. Seal mothers screaming as they see their children being slaughtered in this utterly barbaric way just breaks our hearts.

Why is this done? Because some people still wear fur. We don't know who. (Isn't it just really old ladies who wear fur?) Anyway, we prefer our fur breathing.

(We borrowed this picture from Buzzerg. Hope that's OK!)

So what can we do, as cyclists? Well, thankfully no bicycling products include fur. But we can contact the Canadian government and tell them what we think of their decision. We can support PETA or other organisations who oppose animal cruelty. We can speak out, as human(e), sentient beings.

This post really hasn't had that much to do with cycling. So here's a picture of Lizzie Armitstead, whom we have been told is a vegetarian. She is also an English cyclist, who have won several medals, including silver in the 2012 Olympic games. Respect!

 (We borrowed the picture from Roadcycling UK. Hope that's OK!)

Ride safe, and be kind to animals!