Morrissey has confirmed he is continuing to refuse to play in Canada because of their seal clubbing ways. Mozza missed out Canada on his most recent world tour, and has now reportedly turned down three offers to play festivals there. Quoted on the matter on the http://true-to-you.net/ website, the singer says: "The horror of the Canadian seal-kill is untranslatable, and although I fully realize that highly concentrated evil exists in other countries - Japan's dolphin slaughter, Iceland's newly-revived whaling, the cat-skinning trade in Switzerland, and China with just about every injustice imaginable - there is something especially menacing about Canada's seal-kill. This Canadian government is happy to drag the global image of its own country down, and make it a place that people such as I couldn't bear to visit".
On the seal issue, Morrissey is supported by Kasabian, who recently signed up to a petition by that People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals outfit against Canada's authorisation of the seal hunt. The band's Tom Meighan told reporters last week: "I think it's just common sense really, I mean, of course I don't think it's OK to smash a baby seal's skull. I'd never wear fur, it's such an ugly thing to do".