@forumhostpb wrote:
@~Pebbles~ wrote:
anyone who condones seal hunting is sick in the head
You say this …. but the FACTS are that the culling of seals is fully authorised by the Candian Government. They are not “hunted” in the sense that they are being killed to provide some sort of gratification for the hunter – they are being “culled” (i.e. killed in substantial numbers) as an economic necessity.
Contrary to popular misconception – the majority of seals are shot, not clubbed to death. However, this doesn’t provide the tear jerking pictures that the animal rights campaigners want in order to whip up public opinion yet again. Every year at the beginning of the annual cull we get the same old pictures with the same old headlines trotted out by the same old activists.
Harp seals are not an endangered species. There are currently over 5.8 million of them and the herd is three times the size it was in the 1970s. Culling quotas are set at levels designed to keep the herd sustainable and stable.
The seal hunt supports about 15,000 sealers and their families in eastern Canada, and also brings economic benefits to remote, coastal communities where there are only limited employment opportunities.
well said