Canadian Seal Hunt - The Facts

The truth concerning the Canadian harp seal hunt.

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Pets & Animals

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• seal
• hunt
• Canada
• Newfoundland
• hunting
• sealing
• ifaw
• hsus
• sea
• shepherd
• paul
• watson
• rebecca
• aldworth
• peta

[Chris153758]

Most Newfoundland sealers would go out and kill seals even if there was no profit in it. They just enjoy the feeling of killing small defenseless animals, it makes them feel like they are "real men", when, in fact, they are just cowards...

[waterdropprod]

@Chris153758 Don;t know how I missed your babbled nonsense but to answer your statements. Recently prices for pelts went down dramatically and most sealers never went out to the hunt. Wonder how long it will be before the government announces a cull. To make the comparison between controlling human populations and other animal populations is ridiculous. We manage other species based on our impact on the world around us. To not do so would be highly irresponsible.

[Chris153758]

Seal hunters are barbarians that indulge their blood lust by killing baby seals...

[waterdropprod]

@Chris153758 Imagine that, unsubstantiated, unintelligent hate filled comments from the anti side. How typical. I think I would have a heart attack if I ever saw any statements from the anti side based on fact and showed the slightest shred of knowledge on the issue. The seals killed are independent animals thus they can not be considered baby animals.

[scotianovable]

the fact of the matter is the canadian harp seal is the perfect cover child for animal rights groups, and it has absolutely nothing to do with the welfare of the species itself. The fact that these animal rights groups focus all their attention on a species which is not by any means endangered is appalling, and shows that these groups have little regard for the protection of animals, which don't gain them publicity or funds.

[waterdropprod]

Hallelujah!

[Chris153758]

@waterdropprod Most of the seals killed are less than one month old. They are unable to swim and feed themselves, so they are extremely vulnerable and can hardly be described as "independent". The young seals are also in a docile, sedentary state, which is a physiological adaptation to help them conserve their fat stores. The seal hunters take advantage of the young seal's vulnerability, which makes them barbarians in my book. Feel free to have a heart attack any time you like.

[nathanburns]

@beccadante look up Paul Watson CBC, you can hear the quote in Watson's voice my little sheep.

[nathanburns]

@Chris153758 Yeah Chris, they risk their lives just for the thrill of it. It has nothing to do with feeding their families or sheltering them. Why don't you go have a nice bowl of arsenic?

[TheDyllmeister]

y u guys kill poor seals?? They so cute!!! GO DIE ALL OF YOU KILLERS!

[Peglegkickboxer]

Watson and his little clan of scam artists made over 77.5 million US from their fund raising which magically just vanishes because I see no difference in anything relating to the seal hunt.

[sylviajh14]

Look up for yourself what happened to Paul Watson the last time he came to Newfoundland.

[beccadante]

As to the Paul Watson quote at the end, I say BULLSHIT. He spends every day he has either on his ship, or fundraising so he can help save endangered sea animals. The amount of money he makes from it goes into the Irwin, or one of his other projects. He's a modern day super fucking hero

[uglee555]

@theworldofnintendo middle of a bar dt?? If he's a real man himself he'd go into the middle of one of our outport communities and see how they respond.... That, will be an ASS KICKIN' he'll never forget