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tionists when, in their g^-eed, they go out under international freedom 

 of the high seas, and they just slaughter. 



Miss Herrington. Well, as I understand the amendment Mr. Pryor 

 is introducing today, and we support that fully, the current treaty 

 with Japan and Canada under which they get this 15 percent of our 

 skins expires in 1976, and I believe Mr. Pryor's amendment now will 

 say that in the absence of a new treaty with these countries to halt en- 

 tirely the slaughter on land and at sea, then the current treaty shall be 

 extended. 



We do support that. 



Mr. Pelly. The point is we cannot pass a law to stop the Japanese 

 from taking seals on the high seas and, therefore, extreme care should 

 be exercised, I think, in stating a position in order that there be some 

 protection in the interim. 



Miss Herrington. Yes, we certainly do agree with you, that the 

 killing of these animals in the open water is a very, very bad thing. 

 I do not know how many people are aware of it, but our Govern- 

 ment does a great deal of pelagic sealing. 



In 1968, they managed to capture about 830 seals in the open waters. 

 But, to achieve that, they shot, wounded or killed and lost over 3,000 

 seals. 



We do agree that pelagic sealing is a disastrous thing. 



Mr. Pelly. Thank you. 



Mr. Dingell. Mr. Goodling? 



Mr. Goodling. Thank you. 



I realize we are short on time. 



Miss Herrington, you supplied this committee with a whole volume, 

 and I can tell you quite frankly the committee will not have time to 

 digest this, but the staff will. You have cited a lot of facts and figures 

 to support your conclusions. 



If you have not already done so, and I do not know whether you 

 have or not, I think you should provide this committee with the source 

 of your information to back up your figures that you have given us. 



Miss Herrington. Yes, sir ; I believe I have ready for the chairman 

 of the committee further copies of all the comments referred to in my 

 testimony, photocopies from Government reports, everything that I 

 have quoted. 



Mr. Goodling. One other thing, Mr. Chairman. 



The thing the committee will be interested in, I believe, is this : I 

 refer to a letter that you wrote on June 11, 1971, to my friend, Bob 

 Bell, editorial writer 'of the Pennsylvania Game Commission News. 



I want to read the last paragraph of that letter, and I know the com- 

 mittee will be interested. It reads : 



Let us tell it like it is. Hunters are not only paranoid, they are miserable 

 cowards. 



Do you still support that statement ? 



Miss Herrington. Let us put it into context. 



This letter was in response to a charge in that magazine that, by 

 having stopped a deer hunt, we had consigned the deer to starvation 

 and death. 



Mr. Goodling. This was not taken out of context. This is the last 

 paragraph of your letter. 



I submit to you that if that statement is correct, very few members 

 of this committee are capable of conducting a fair hearing. 



