2011 Grey Seal Hunt

Slaughter in a sanctuary

Hay Island is supposed to be protected from commercial hunting of any kind. But in recent years, the Nova Scotia government has worked with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to allow sealers to turn this sanctuary into an open-air slaughterhouse. This year, in an added twist, Fur Institute of Canada director Pierre Daoust plans to use the baby seals on Hay Island as laboratory subjects. He is working to have sealers test an experimental new seal-killing weapon—a low-velocity hand gun—on the pups. Notably, similar tests were conducted in the 1980s, and failed—and today, clubs and rifles remain the primary killing weapons at the commercial seal hunt.

Bearing witness once again

As we filmed and photographed the beautiful baby seals and their mothers, I could only wonder what kind of a society would see this as a place to destroy instead of one to protect. What kind of government would invest public funds to find new ways to kill the pups instead of ways to save them?

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[TheHello411]

Is there anything a young average 12 year old can do??? I can't go to canada to protest. I am far from that place. But anything I can do???

[HSI]

@TheHello411 We messaged you at the time, but your comment looks to have been hung up somehow, sorry! You can help by spreading the word and having people sign petitions. This industry is really ailing, particularly after the recent trade ban from Russia.

[2AProductions]

Where can I sign up? and do I need to bring my own club?

[SanjayMotorolMobile]

Release some Leopard Seals from Antarctica and let them kick some Canadian hunter ass!

[BulgarianInCanada]

@TheHello411 check out my channel and you will see for yourself.

[wotchermuggle]

Seal hunting is no different than any other slaughter. BTW, killing whitecoats was banned in 1987.

[TheHello411]

Is there anything a young average 12 year old can do???

[BulgarianInCanada]

GAIL SHEA = EVIL