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From: Art Hunter <>
Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] Re: seals
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 09:30:11 -0400


Thanks Brian.
Obviously this is a very sensitive local issue and not one that
"outsiders" would want to get involved in. There was no inference made
in the report that local fishermen were killing seals, only that there
had been an organized and sanctioned reduction in the herd in 1981 and
that there were calls for another to be carried out.

Take care.
Art

brian palmer wrote:
>
> dear rootspeople
>
> with regard to art hunter's mention of the report on fiona middleton and
> the seals thing.......
>
> i don't want to say too much because you never know who might be reading
> but the best way of putting it is 'all is not what it seems'. the
> middletons own a large area of kildalton and fiona middleton has been
> pursuing this seals thing for a number of years. let's just say there's
> local politics involved.
>
> gus newman runs boat trips along the southern part of islay
> http://www.ileach.co.uk/sealwatch and there are plenty of seals and no
> evidence whatsoever of fishermen killing them (see 'politics'). you may
> have seen reports in the ileach about the proposed seal sanctuary on the
> south east islay skerries - this is that area. if the proposed sanctuary is
> put in place, supposedly to protect seals that are flourishing in
> considerable numbers, then the middletons will have even more clout to
> prevent local people from being on kildalton estate. land that has had
> public access for many a long year until recently.
>
> i think you would need to live here to fully understand and i don't want to
> make any remarks that might come back to haunt me. word of the week is
> 'propaganda'.
>
> sorry to be vague. suffice to say, the ileach will be giving the middletons
> as few column inches as possible. archie macfarlane is not in the minority.
>
> regards
> brian
>
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