فصل شکار سيل( فک )در کانادا امسال با اعتراضات و درگيری آغاز شده است . در خليج سن لران، برخوردهايی بين شکارچيان و مخالفين شکار سيل رخ داد. مخالفين صيد سيل می گويند بايد به کشتار جمعی سيل ها پايان داد ولی شکارچيان می گويند بدليل نازکی سطح يخ تعداد سيل های صيد شده تاکنون، در مقايسه با سالهای گذشته، کمتر بوده است. لی کارتر گزارش می دهد:

Relations between Canadian seal hunters and the animal rights groups that monitor their activities have never been cordial, but protestors with the Humane Society of the United States say they were shocked when a sealing boat rammed into their small inflatable dinghy. The craft's propeller was damaged but no-one was seriously hurt. But the incident comes just a day after infuriated hunters flung seal guts at the protestors who were crammed into the same boat.

A Humane Society spokesperson said in a statement that the sealers need to remember that the groups are legally allowed to be near the hunters as long as they don't directly interfere with the seal cull. But the sealers are also frustrated because of a huge fall in the number of seals they are taking in comparison to previous years. Warm weather has melted the ice floes, making their task much more difficult. And some hunters have tied up their boats, saying that many of the seals are too young to be legally killed.

Relations
روابط

monitor
تحت نظر داشتن، مراقب بودن

cordial
دوستانه و صميمانه

rammed into their small inflatable dinghy
عمدا( قایق مخصوص شکار فک) خود را به قاايق کوچک بادی آنها زد، در اينجا منظور از قايق بادی قايق های پلاستيکی است که آنرا با هوا پر می کنند

The craft's propeller
پروانه قايق

flung seal guts
دل و روده سيل ها را پرت کردند، امعاء و احشاء سيل ها را پرت کردند

crammed into the same boat
با زور و فشار همگی سوار يک قايق شدند

legally
قانونی، برطبق قانون

don't directly interfere with the seal cull
درکشتار سيل ها مستقيما مداخله نکنيد، باعث متوقف شدن شکار سيل نشويد

have tied up their boats
لنگر قايق های خود را انداخته اند، قايق های خود را بسته اند

Source: BBC PERSIAN SERVICE