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It is shocking that this still occurs. There was a time when this tradition had a place. There is no reason to justify such brutality today when we live in an industrialized society. Some basic strategizing would reveal job replacement opportunities for local communities. The world is a different place and we have to move forward in our thinking. The same mentality that kills the seals is killing our world.

Does anyone know where seal meat is sold? From what I gather it is high in Omega-3s, I'd like to try it.

Far better to use the meat than have it go to waste.

Never underestimate the power of ignorant people, especially when they fear progressive change and responsibility.

Thanks for helping bring this issue into the light.

Scott
Anchorage, AK

Why would the Canadian government allow this to happen? For the same reasons that they have allowed the BC coastal rainforest to be stripped, with only a tourist friendly strip left behind.

As usual we are only seeing one side of the story. Harp seal population levels at 5.5 million are 3 times larger than they were in 1970. If you ask people in the fishing and lobster industries around Newfoundland and Labrador they will tell you that elevated seal populations severly deplete fish populations. Sealing may not be very pretty but it does serve a purpose. Deer hunting isnt pretty either and yet it serves the same purpose....to keep populations in check. Perhaps we should start thinking of ways to check the human population as well.

I can't wait to try seal. Lacking predation, if you don't kill 'em then they starve to death after decimating the local food supplies.
May as well use as much as you can after stripping the skin.

Come on people, seriously... If you don't approve of the seal hunt because of all the "brutality" then you shouldn't ever eat any meat again. It's no more brutal than any other kill, it just happens to take place on snow so it looks much more gruesome than systematically killing cows on a grate floor, mechanically cutting the heads and feet off chickens, splitting live crabs in half on hydraulic shears, etc...

If you can't stomach the idea of an animal being killed then you shouldn't be eating and/or wearing them. Period. If you're going to tell people not to hunt seals then you'd better go protest all the people out in the country who are snaring rabbits. There are a lot more people out there doing that than there are hunting seals, and it's a FAR more brutal death than a seal being shot.

Very few people actually hunt with clubs, hooks and spears anymore. High power rifles are the tool of choice. PETA and other groups like them provide misinformation about the hunt, display fourty-year-old footage like it was yesterday, and whip up a big fuss with NO intention of stopping the hunt because the attention and funding it brings to them is far too profitible. That is the truth of the matter.

Read some information written by someone who isn't a fanatical activist before you make up your mind about the hunt.

Cheers,
Mike

Sealing is a way of life....

Any meat left on ice flows DOESN'T get wasted it feeds Gulls, Crab,Lobster and all other types of life forms. So the hunt isn't pretty EVER BEEN TO A SLAUGHTER HOUSE!!!

Are all you that oppose the hunt willing to donate money on a monthly basis to create new and sustainable livelyhoods for those who have been sealing all through their families traditions?????

Ya I thought so !!!

BAck off and let them live it's certainly not impacting the seal society....theres not enough sealers to even make a difference.

AS FAR AS PAUL McCARTNEY GOES HE SHOULD TEND TO HIS OWN AFFAIRS BEFORE TRYING TO START SOMETHING ELSE ( great role model LOL)

Quite well argued, just like someone wanting to have the pelts and earn a lot of money with it would do. Somehow i would question the fact that overfishing stems from the seal population beeing to high.... Maybe we should do the first step first and reduce the fishing we do before we start hunting down the next species... Just a thought: If the seal numbers reduce to a critical level again, do we then start hunting polar bears?

I have the perfect idea...Let's go natural. Let's close all the hospitals, then all the sick people and the elders will die and so on. The world population will drop by billions within two decades the demande for cod and other fish will drop as well so we won't be needing controled fish stocks anymore thus we won't need to control the seals population either. How's that for a natural way of life?

Is there someone selling seal meat in Winnipeg.
How about a recipe book. Got to get me some.

I thought I read somewhere the seal hunt is due to a lack of food for the seals in the area. Any ideas?

I can't say I disagree with the killing of animals for food, as I am a meat eater, but why in 2008 are we still killing animals for their fur? This isn't 2008 B.C. There's no need to wear fur on our backs anymore. And I have never in my lifetime ever seen "seal meat" in my local grocery store.

Please people at least be honest. "We kill seals for their fur because there are people in the world with more money than ethics who will pay us to provide them with fur". End of story. No, "this is to control animal population" crap. Stop blaming seals for the lack of cod! Ya fished the oceans dry that's why there's no more cod!

Feed you families? The best thing you could do for your families is get them off that rock.