spurgeonryan said:
I have no problem with seal clubbing, just saying why it ia probably more frowned upon. Same as whaling and ape killing. People still eat whale meat, but it pisses the world off whether it is Native Americans eating the whale or the Japanese. |
It's mostly because of PR. It's really annoying speaking as someone living in Eastern Canada. You see images of this:
and this:
...which is ridiculous. First, if you're looking to maximise your seal hunt for fur, meat and oil, you're hunting grown seals, not cute baby pups. But no one shows images of these ugly 400lbs beasts:
And no one shows how a hunter actually hunts a seal, which is pretty much like you hunt a dear:
Seals - especially baby seals - have eyes like puppies which make them great fodder for lobby groups like PETA. They're also in far-away Canada so it's easy to pick on the industry without harming people at home. But they're just an animal like any other, and hunting them is pretty much like hunting deer anywhere else. Hunters hunt them with rifles. The traditional stick with a spike "club" of Inuit origin is seldom used, and would typically be used to end a seal that had survived the gunshot and was suffering - much like cutting a deer's throat.
It's just hunting, hunting like any other animal and is not done for "fun" or to be mean to a creature. People in the north love the meat, and the fur make ridiculously nice coats and hats. Warm, waterproof and they shimmer like they're made of Christmas tinsle.
