Seal Clubbing is a sick tradition and it must end!

[Ps3]

IsawYoshi said:

Ps3 said:

With all due respect, but I think you should look into the matter as well. These seals are mostly hunted for sport and for fun. Seal clubbing is a national pass time for some people, and thousands are murdered for their fur, and they're left on the ice to die alone and cold.

Seals are not "mostly hunted for sport and for fun." They are hunted for the meat and for the fur. Trophy hunting of seals is pretty much a non issue compared to other animals. I'm not saying this because I think the limited "for fun" hunting isn't a problem, but I'm saying it because it is just that, limited. You make it seem like that's the only reason people do it. 

 

It's not "national pass time" for anyone. There are to my knowledge a few tour opperators (not in norway though) that let's you hunt it for fun. This I do not support, but the hunting is in this case something people do on vacation. No one in the artic goes hunting for seals just cause they are bored on a sunday morning. Furthermore the seals are killed before skinning, so they are not left to die from hypothermia. 

 

Ps3 said:

I can blame them cause they can eat plenty of other things. You're telling me that the only thing to eat up there are seals? That's ridiculous. 

They eat fish as well, and some eat whale. There isn't really anything else to eat but fish, seal and whale. It's not like they have a corn field right next to their homes and they choose to ignore it. When you live in that way you can't afford to be picky about what you eat.

 

Ps3 said:

2. Well fish lay thousands of babies at a time. They're billions upon billions! and they're also not as intelligent as seals.

They lay eggs not babies. Only a few of them ever become fish. 

The incredible thing here is that you are portraying others as monsters because they kill animals, and then you say that it's better to kill fish because they aren't as intelligent as seals? If anything you should look at your own ethical thinking. 

 

Ps3 said:

Well, I hope you stop eating seal if you do eat them. And I'm completely serious about comparing to eating babies to seals, because they are babies, and they're raped of their fur and left on the ice to bleed to death. Do you have any idea how they must feel inside their head?

Well, Norway, doesn't really participate in seal hunting, to my knowledge, but do you eat seal?

I don't think I've tasted seal myself, but I'm probably going to taste it sooner or later (I moved to the artic quite recently). The seals that are hunted are grown up and not babies, hunting non-grown up animals isn't allowed. They are not raped for their fur, and are not left on the ice to bleed to death. On one hand you claim that they are clubbed to death, on the other that they freeze to death and on the third that they bleed to death. Killing of these animals are as humane as possible, unlike what you're suggesting. Meaning that they end their life without unnecessary suffering such as "freezing", "bleeding" or spiked clubs like you suggested earlier. It might happen in isolated incidences, but sadly this happens to any animals, humans included. This hasn't anything to do with the commercial hunting of them though, as it is strickly forbidden.

We do participate in seal hunting, but nothing major as far as I know, some thousands a year. People do eat seal, but seing as not many seals are killed it's not a regular thing. I do think they sell it at the supermarket though. Whale is more normal here. 

 

 

You should take a step back and look at your arguments and knowledge of the matter. It almost seems like it's a joke thread, and in case it is I would say that it's a bad one. There are serious issues with animal rights, and you're not helping any of them by throwing out baseless allegations.

So you admit, there are people who do it for for fun!

Well, there are things you can make. Why not take a drive to town once in a blue moon? Buy some canned goods. How about some breads or something else? It's cause they're lazy and evil and use it as an excuse to pick on the weak.

They are in fact raped of their fur, and they are beat to death.  Yes, they are ripped of their fur while they're still alive. Do some reading on the subject. Most of the time they are still breathing while their bodies lay on the ice without fur.

So it's a joke because I'm standing up with facts? YEAH OKAY! Seal clubbing is sick and anyone who does it needs help.