Seal Shepherds

The Canadian Seal "Hunt" is the largest mass-slaughter of marine mammals in the world. They say the reason for "hunting" the seals is because they are slaughtering off the Cod population, which is not true. Cod only makes up a pinhole of their diet. This year Canada planned to slaughter 325,000 baby harp seals, along with adult hooded seals. The baby seals are killed brutally with guns, hakapics, wooden clubs, and over 100 ton vessels (when the charge on to the ice they do not pay any attention to the tiny white fluffballs, smashing there tiny two pound body or so body.) The seals are shot usually in the head at point blank, the seals are in the water and they will swim right up to the blood-red vessels (because of all the seal blood and guts on the bow and hull) due to their natural curiousity. A hakapic is kind of like a picaxe, it is about four feet in length with one side for hooking the seal and one for beating and killing it with.

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