Canada's spring seal hunt is underway, with this year's limit raised to 335,000 seals. But this isn't a hunt for food - most of the animals are killed only for their pelts, and their skinned carcasses are dumped on the ice or in the water. Sealers are having a tough time finding markets for seal meat. Increased pressure from the international community as well as unwanted celebrity attention has added pressure on the Canadian government to stop the annual hunt; protestors argue that the hunt only benefits the fashion industry.

If you'd like the seal hunt to continue, you can help justify its existence by eating more seal meat! It's high in nutritious omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. Here are some traditional recipes for seal brains and flippers.

...Lost your appetite? Tell the Canadian government you don't want them to subsidize the slaughter of wild seals.

Update May/09: Toxic mercury levels in seal meat linked to melting Arctic ice. Whoops! Maybe eating seal meat isn't such a great idea after all?

Update Mar/10: FYI, for those of you trying to buy seal meat, we don't sell it. Some confused old man tried to call our publicist last week to order some. What a genius. WE'RE A ROCK BAND, NOT A GROCERY STORE. I guess there wasn't quite enough dripping sarcasm in our original post to make our position clear?