Canada's annual commercial seal hunt is the largest slaughter of marine mammals on the planet. Why would you even kill seals in so large amounts?
Written by Victor, Benjamin & Rune.
You often see clothes and bags made of sealskin, but it should not be like that.
”Seals don’t need to be bludgeoned to death for their fur” - Humane society.
A seal hunter walks along a path of blood on an ice floe in the gulf of St. Lawrence Friday April 1, 2005. (Canadian Press/Jonathan Haywrd)
have the impression, that seal hunting is carried out by Eskimos, with great respect for animals, and can ensure not to kill too many baby seals. Nothing could be further from the truth when it comes to the world's largest seal hunt - the Canadian. Here seal hunting is a hunt where seals are brutally killed, for the fur industry's market. The hunt results in animal cruelty and is not sustainable. You don't need all the fur from the seals. Especially not from baby seals. After all, they end up dying. In 2012, Canada's Fisheries Minister, Robert Thibault, approved the slaughter of more than 1 million seals over the following 3 years. 2011, 2012 and 2013. 2012 and 2013 have offered the most brutal seal hunts for more than 35 years. About 325,000 seals are killed each year, and new studies show that up to 42% are peeled alive. Canada allows baby seals to be killed, down to 5 days old. That is not okay. You should not kill a 5-day old seal. He or she has not even discovered the beauty of Canada’s nature. The problem is not that the seals are killed, it's how they are killed. The seals usually get shot people in moving boats which just leaves the wounded. The seals are usually left to suffer which is unacceptable, we need to stop this nonsense. Take into
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