PPS SHOWN BY FRANCOIS HUGO TO NAMIBIAN PRIME
MINISTER
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July 23th
2007
From: SEAL
ALERT-SA
Subject:
What the P.M of
Namibia Said He Needs to End Sealing
Date: July 29, 2007
Dear All Cape Fur
Seal Supporters,
Please read the below carefully. Sadly, I have
had to fund this campaign, the entire Namibian Anti-Cull Campaign
out my own pocket (2006 and 2007). I make a desperate appeal for
funding, as I have much to do urgently before my meeting on the
9th, days away. If you can truly help the seals in their hour of
need please do. The Seashepherd funding only covers the day to day
operational costs of Seal Rescue in Hout Bay which is an on-going
daily expense, (is not related to funding a separate campaign to
end the Namibian Seal Cull). I have already dipped into this
to pay for Herbert and my flights to Namibia. My banking details
below, once again I call upon the true seal supporters to come to
the fore, as there is much underhanded dealings going on behind the
scenes threatening these seals future, and I need to counter this.
Francois.
HEREWITH IS FURTHER
DETAILS FOR BANK TRANSFERS:
ZAR is South AfricanRand
More information to be able to send the money via
internet:
SEAL ALERT-SA ACC : 911 2201 321
BRANCH CODE : 632 005
SWIFT CODE : ABSAZAJJ
BANK : ABSA
SA NAT.CLEARING CODE
BIC: (SWIFT-CODE) ABSAZAJJ
Bank name : ABSA
Address : DELPHI ARCH OFFICE PARK, RAATS DRIVE, TABLE
VIEW
City/code : TABLE VIEW, 7439
Country : South Africa
Seal Alert-SA, Press Release, July 30, 2007
What the P.M of
Namibia Said He Needs to End Sealing
Francois
Hugo of Seal Alert-SA During his Meeting
with Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Nahas Angula of Namibia on Seal
Culling
What was said in the historic meeting on
the 23rd. Francois Hugo was given 30-minutes to present his case
for the seals to end their slaughter. The meeting stretched on to
45-minutes.
Francois Hugo : "We are all Africans and
such as we need to find an African solution to this perceived seal
problem"
PM : "I think we understand what you are trying
to say". (referring to the presentation)
PM : "Let us agree on a few principles first,
number one. Let us focus on the issue that is an economic one. Only
in accordance with Namibian laws, the Namibian law the
constitution, let me read here what they quote, 'that the
state shall actively promote and maintain the welfare of the people
by adopting interalia policies aimed at the utilization of living
natural resources on a sustainable basis for the benefit of all
Namibians both present and future'. Let us agree to those
principles, no lets us not break it down here I want us to
agree on this. Because I know the reason why I'am saying that, it
is because you are claiming that we are harvesting your seals
as well".
PM : "You are making some points which I
struggle with like chasing of the seals from islands, let us not
believe that".
PM : "If we find seals in Namibian waters,
they do not belong to another country they belong to Namibia. So
seals in Namibian waters are Namibian seals, if they migrate to
South Africa they are South Africa seals. That we should be clear,
so we shall not mix these two things".
PM : "What we have to do in order for you
to really get the Namibian government to think whether the quota is
to high or too low is to demonstrate under this (Constitutional)
chapter under this procedure of law, that the harvesting of seals
is destabilising or bringing an imbalance in the political
direction of Namibia. If you can do that then the government will
not want to be sealing under the Namibian Constitution".
PM : "Number two. The method of killing YES, I
agree I don't want that, I don't want the beating of an animal in
front of myself, but its a resource just like fish. The point is
that it must be done in a humane way and a sustainable way. That we
will not quarrel about that, but if you can find us a humane way of
doing it that is fine".
PM : "Thirdly. The tourist potential, YES who doesn't
want tourists there are many people, they come and they watch the
seals, when I went to Luderitz a few months ago, I went to watch
the seals on the rocks somewhere there, that's fine. I do not think
there is a contradiction between watching seals and
harvesting some of them".
PM : "the story of the pups I am not commenting on
that one".
PM : "I don't know why in particular pups (nursing
baby seals) are being harvested that the Minister is here to
explain, so let him explain, why pups and why bulls".
PM : "But I just want us to agree to Namibia is
entitled to benefit from its biological non renewable
resources. But if you can prove that it is not
sustainable or if you think that the natural mortality is going to
improve by chasing seals from the shore to the islands. I'm not
sure the Minister will find a way of doing that, but as I said the
minister is perhaps the one who can answer that".
Fisheries Minister : "Mr Prime Minister we are out of
time".
Seal Alert-SA was instructed by the Prime Minister to
meet the Fisheries Minister on the 9th. Since has received a
Consultative Meeting invitation to meet the Fisheries Minister,
Scientists and the Fishing Industry on August 9, 2007, at 09.00 in
the boardroom of the Ministry of Fisheries, corner of Uhland and
Gotche street. A further letter was received requesting a
further presentation by Seal Alert-SA to last 15 minutes.
Seal Alert-SA is prepared to give a before
presentation to the media, if this can be
arranged.
Cape
Cross Seal Colony Where Sealers have a 50 000 pup quota - Problem
No Seals ?
Seal Alert-SA requests Namibian Media to start reporting on the
facts, to not do so could drive Namibia, a beautiful country to
economic ruin or as Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources Dr
Abraham Iyambo says, "complete economic sabotage" over its seal
culling policy.
Seal Alert-SA naturally does not want this
for Namibians, we simply want the seal cull to end, now!
On July 1, Minister of Fisheries claimed a
total Namibian pup population of 205 500 (December 2005 pup count).
Ignoring his own scientists which state pups on the three sealing
colonies Wolf/Atlas Bay and Cape Cross suffer a 62% natural
mortality (from increased or overfishing) in a scientific report
published (June 2006), sets a three year rolling quota of 80 000
pups. Ignoring as well, the reported mass die-off that occurred in
2006 (where up to 95% of the pups died from starvation and half the
adult population). The pic above of Cape Cross sealing colony taken
one day before (July 22) the meeting with the PM at 12am
clearly shows that this colony is almost deserted just three weeks
into the sealing season which runs for months from July 1 to
November 15.
Clearly starving or dead seals cannot consume
fish, let alone 900 000 tons as quoted in the public, the media and
to the fishing industry. The pic above clearly shows that there is
not even a thousand seals in the whole colony, yet both the Prime
Minister and the Fisheries Minister claim that they are harvesting
seals under the constitution sustainable?
Where is the 50 000 seals to club and stab to
death that has been given to two sealing rights holders for Cape
Cross Seal Colony???????
I believe the Fisheries Minister should
resign over this photograph alone.
For the Seals
Francois Hugo Seal Alert-SA
www.sealalert.org
27-21-790 8774
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Press Release, Seal
Alert-SA, July 26, 2007
Seal Alert-SA Meeting
with Prime Minister of Namibia and a further Meeting with the
Fisheries Ministry, Fishing Industry and Scientists set for the 9th
August 2007
Namibia's
Seal Penis Exports To Arouse Frustrated Asian
Lotharios
The meeting on the
23rd in Namibia, was attended by the Rht.Hon Prime Minister Nahas
Angula, Fisheries Minister and Minister of Information. In
attendance with Francois Hugo of Seal Alert-SA, was Dr Herbert
Henrich of Seashepherd, and NSPCA's International Campaign Manager
Celeste Houseman.
The Prime Minister of
Namibia gave Seal Alert-SA 30-minutes to present its case for the
cessation of seal culling in Namibia. The meeting stretched on for
45 minutes. Seal Alert-SA presented a power point presentation on a
big screen, in which three minutes of raw footage was also shown of
the brutal clubbing and stabbing, suffering of baby seals by
clearly unskilled sealers. The presentation can be down-loaded
from, You can download http://download.yousendit.com/0200459526B31920, The
presentation Francois gave to the PM from the above
link. Also, slide 62 has a video clip in it (double click
to activate).
(Note AAP you can go to it also via www.bit4net.com/files/PMSEALPRESENTATION.ppt
)
The Namibian Media was a
little upset that Seal Alert-SA did not advise of the exact date or
time (although we did Alert them to a meeting taking place on the
day). Seal Alert-SA has explained, apologised and offered to return
to Namibia to give a Media Presentation of the presentation I gave
to the PM. Unfortunately seal rescue commitments, and those of
other members of the party necessitated that we fly in and out on
the same day.
A further meeting was
requested by the Prime Minister, in which Seal Alert-SA and its
representatives have been asked to sit with the Fisheries Ministry,
Fishing Industry and Scientists. See further details, in the
Namibian Govt run newspaper New Era, http://allafrica.com/stories/200707250378.html .
Seal Alert-SA has
received a second invitation dated July 24, to attend a meeting on
August 9, at 09.00.
To which Seal Alert-SA
has replied to the Prime Minister and CC, the Minister of
Fisheries. (see attached letter).
I will endeavour to keep you all updated as the situation
progresses.
For the Seals
Francois Hugo Seal Alert-SA
www.sealalert.org
27-21-790 8774
Attached letter:
Tel :
(021) 790 8774
Fax: (021) 790 8774
E-Mail :
sasealion@wam.co.za
Website : www.SealAlert.org
Ref: Francois Hugo Seal Alert-SA
July
26, 2007
Dear Right Honourable Nanhas Angula Prime Minister of
Namibia,
CC : Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources.
Media.
Re : Meeting
on 23rd
and
Proposed Meet on the 9th
August
2007
Thank you for the opportunity afforded to Seal Alert-SA on
23rd
July,
to present its case for the cessation of seal culling in
Namibian.
Seal Alert-SA deeply apologize for the apparent non-agreed to
“media hijack”. This was never the intention. The wildlife
film-maker (not media) was on assignment for Seal Alert-SA filming
background seal images in Namibia, as such I asked various PA’s
present if Bart Smithers film crew could assist with the Seal
Alert-SA presentation, they agreed. I was unaware he was attempting
to record the meeting, give no such permission neither, and in your
presence, instructed him to switch off his camera. For any
misunderstanding thereto I apologize.
I refer to our discussions on the 23rd,
and now the invitation from Ministry of Fisheries and Marine
Resources to attend a further meeting on the 9th
August
2007. More so, recent press reports and the position taken by the
Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources that, “if Seal Alert-SA
has a better option of culling, the ministry was willing to modify
its methods”.
It is imperative to correct the situation concerning seal
utilization as presented to the people of Namibia. There is no
humane method to harvest or kill nursing baby seals, we make this
point very clearly.
SealAlert strongly rejects the accusation to be involved in
damaging the Namibian economy. The very opposite is true:
You are killing nursing baby seals in full view of all your
visitors and you are now surprised that there is an international
outcry, a global ban on seal products and a direct impact
on your country's tourist industry.
By your own statements this industry employs 140 unskilled people
and it generates an export earning of less than US$ 100 000.- per
year. This, Minister, is not an industry. It is a small scale
business which violates the concept of animal welfare and
contributes next to nothing to your national economy. It also has
no element of sustainability as you are destroying the natural
breeding and reproduction cycle and restricting the animals to
unnatural environments.This is destruction and not
sustainability of your seal population. Numbers alone do not
reflect the natural health of any given animal
group.
While SealAlert condemns the butchery of nursing seal pups and the
senseless export of seal bull penises to frustrated Asian
Lotharios. SealAlert has shown to you how to control and regulate
your seal population - naturally, without mass die-offs or
mass killings.
SealAlert has also offered to your Government to be instrumental in
enhancing, at no cost to you, Namibia's seal viewing and
eco-tourism industry. This industry on its own would provide
thousands of jobs country-wide by increasing tourism. South
Africa has an annual earning of R15 million as a direct income
from seal tours alone. All the spin-off income for the
hospitality industry, transport, and trading are not even
included in this figure.
Namibia clearly cannot to both.
We have direct access to over 10 million members of our associated
NGOs and through this network alone Namibia could be promoted more
successfully than any P.R. campaign could ever hope for. By the
same token, however, it will be these people who will censure you
for allowing the seal butchery to continue and it will be these
people who will strike you off the list of countries worth
visiting.
In consequence, Prime Minister, SealAlert will be glad to meet with
you again but not to discuss how to kill better or more
efficiently. The ongoing killing must stop. This is
non-negotiable.
We are prepared to present a more comprehensive plan for
rehabilitation of the seal colonies and for direct promotion of
Namibia's tourism by enhancing your seal viewing facilities.
If you and your colleagues can confirm that this concept will be
the basis for the next meeting, we will make the necessary
arrangements.
We must repeat, we have nothing to contribute to the ongoing
concept of brutality and we would not want to be part of any such
discussions.
We will, however, do our utmost to benefit your
country as being seen as one of the progressive 21st
century Republics protecting and improving our common heritage and
environment if your Government will accept a different
approach.
For
the Seals, and respectfully yours,
Francois Hugo Seal Alert-SA
BREAKING
NEWS:
Seal
Alert-SA's Meeting With Prime Minister of
Namibia
Discussion
Sealing Monday
the 23rd of July
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