Stop Seal Hunting!, Warning:Contains Graphic Pictures Options

[tengkuafif]

This is a young seal pup.





And this is what they do to those seals.










Hundreds of thousands of baby seals will be clubbed or shot without mercy this year alone—an annual harp seal slaughter subsidized by the Canadian government.

95% of the harp seals killed are less than 3 months old. Many will be left to die under the ice . . . some baby seals may even be skinned alive

Today, commercial sealing is also conducted by five nations: Greenland, Namibia, Norway, Russia, and the United States.

In Canada, the season for the commercial hunt of harp seal is from November 15 to May 15.The majority of sealing, however, occurs in late March in The Gulf of St. Lawrence, and during the first or second week of April off Newfoundland, in an area known as "The Front". This peak spring period is generally what is referred to as the "Canadian Seal Hunt".In 2006, the St. Lawrence seal hunt officially started on March 25. This date was initially uncertain, due to thin ice conditions caused by the year's milder temperatures.

In 2003, the three-year harp seal quota granted by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans was increased to a maximum of 975,000 animals, with a maximum of 350,000 animals in any two consecutive years. In 2006, 325,000 harp seals, as well as 10,000 hooded seals and 10,400 grey seals will be killed. An additional 10,000 animals are allocated for hunting by Aboriginal peoples.

The Canadian seal hunt is monitored by the Canadian government and animal rights groups. However, although approximately 70% of Canadian seals killed are killed on "The Front",the vast majority of private monitors focus on the St. Lawrence hunt, due to its more convenient location.

The 2006 St. Lawrence leg of the hunt was officially closed on Apr. 3, 2006. Sealers had exceeded the quota by 1,000 animals by the time the hunt was closed.

Although official figures for the Greenland seal hunt are not available, the government of Canada estimates that 20,000 to 25,000 seals are killed in Greenland annually.

In Jan. 2006, the government of Greenland banned imports of Canadian seal skins, citing fears that Canadian seals are brutally beaten to death. The boycott, however, may just be an effort to distance Greenland's own seal hunt from Canada's, and spare themselves negative press in the process. The ban may further serve to protect Greenland's domestic sealing industry.This ban was then rescinded in May 2006 with the Greenland Home Rule Government noting that the seal hunt in Canada has sensible regulations on hunting methods, drawn up in close cooperation with biologists, veterinarians, weapons experts and seal hunters. It further noted that seal-hunting in Canada is subject to strict and extensive control measures, which has led to the use of effective and humane killing methods.

More recent figures for Namibia are also difficult to obtain, however in the year 2000, the Namibian government approved a quota of 67,000 Cape fur seals, including 60,000 pups and 7,000 bulls.

The Norwegian sealing season runs from January to September.

In 2005, approximately 15,000 seals (including 10,000 harp and 5,000 hooded seals) were harvested.

In 2005, Norway began, controversially, to allow foreign hunters to take part in the annual seal hunt.

Norwegian seal-hunters are only permitted to use the rifle to kill adult seals, while young seals are put to death with a hakapik or rifle. The hakapik is also used on seals which have been shot in order to make sure they are dead.

The Russian seal hunt has not been well monitored since the break-up of the Soviet Union, however, it is known that the annual seal harvest quota in 1998 was 35,000 animals.

There have been reports that, in Russia, many whitecoat pups are not properly killed and are transported, while injured, to processing areas. In January 2000, a bill to ban seal hunting was passed by Russian parliament 273 votes to 1, however it was vetoed by President Vladimir Putin.




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This post has been edited by tengkuafif: Jun 19 2006, 04:37 AM

[Nathan Rahl]

think of the consequences...

if we stop hunting seals, the rappers wont get any furs, cant have that.
we should make breeding factories for the seels, like with chickens, to support the needs of the rappers and hip hoppers and all those furry humans

[Manun]

^ LOL!

Why are they killing the babies? Shouldnt they kill the bigger ones cause they have more fur (area due to fat?)
Anyway, yes. Horrible canada. US should attack them like Iraq for this.

This post has been edited by Manun: Jun 19 2006, 04:30 AM

[Crazy88]

Dumb dumb dumb. Right now there is an actual overpopulation of seals in the North, so let them take as many as they need without damaging the enviornment.

[Jhangora]

[Mangafan2]

think of the consequences...

if we stop hunting seals, the rappers wont get any furs, cant have that.
we should make breeding factories for the seels, like with chickens, to support the needs of the rappers and hip hoppers and all those furry humans

F@G

[sunset rhyme]

God.. what the fu-k? You're making it seem like human exploitation of animals is a new thing. It's been happening for thousands of years and I'm sure you've indirectly benefited from it. My policy is usually, if you want to make a change in the world, go do it yourself.

[mndeg]

lol, clubbing baby seals

[sunset rhyme]

mdneg, wanna go club some seals in Norway? We could probably make enough to pay for college tuition in like 2 months.

This post has been edited by sunset rhyme: Jun 19 2006, 07:33 AM

[Mangafan2]

^I hope you go to hell

[Nini_Kya]

lol, clubbing baby seals

[sunset rhyme]

^I hope you go to hell

fu-k you. People need to make money. This is just one of the thousands of gruesome ways it happens. I don't see you b!tching about the other thousands. Why don't you get over your ineffective tree hugging and be serious about the world for once. Besides, clubbing seals sounds like fun.

[Mangafan2]

fu-k you. People need to make money. This is just one of the thousands of gruesome ways it happens. I don't see you b!tching about the other thousands. Why don't you get over your ineffective tree hugging and be serious about the world for once. Besides, clubbing seals sounds like fun.

Cause they're not stated here that's why fu-kin moron.
I'll hope you'll have a miserable life but I guess life ain't that good.

[paper_crane]

lol, clubbing baby seals

[tengkuafif]

I can't believe there are supporters of seal hunting!
Are you guys really human or what?

Mangafan2:
*Gimme a five*

This post has been edited by tengkuafif: Jun 19 2006, 08:35 AM

[Astromantic]

I don't get why so many people here take some stuff as a joke. This is serious, even though I don't like animals, I don't think hunting baby seals is right. Period.

[Mangafan2]

sunset rhyme needs to shut the fu-k up, he's trying to make any sort of point but it only makes him look more stupid.
His parents needs to re-raise him cause somewhere it went wrong.

[ChangGang]

Sounds fun! If the seal population is overcrowded...I have no problem with it. Heck there's so many damn canadien geese that needs to be shot. Their damn poop is almost as big as dog poop.

[Lee! OTL ...]

I swear I have no part in this .

[Astromantic]

Sounds fun! If the seal population is overcrowded...I have no problem with it. Heck there's so many damn canadien geese that needs to be shot. Their damn poop is almost as big as dog poop.

If there were such things as "next lives", I hope you become a seal in Canada, and I hope I can see you getting bashed by these hunters. I bet animals have more emotions than you have.