The cruel seal-slaughtering season in Canada, in which helpless seal pups are shot and clubbed for their fur, has started - even though there is no market for the fur anymore.  

www.sealharvest.ca/site/
 
As demand continues low, seal skins are stockpiled and selling for only $18 apiece.  The biggist buyer of seal skins, Russia, has now banned their import. 

www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamer...

Even the people of Newfoundland want the killing to stop.

www.hsi.org/world/canada/news/releases/2...   

The slaughter is horrible in the extreme.

www.hsicanada.ca/pdfs/inherently-inhuman...  

So, the question is: Why does the government want to continue with it?



 

It's about money.

Apr 14, 2012 -- 9:39PM, farragut wrote:

If I were living further north, I would love to have a seal parka.

You are sooo baaad............... ;)  ...........................

"Nuke" The Baby Seals ...

This is true.  But, the fact that there actually is public outrage against this barbaric practise shows at least some evolution in thought in the general public.  After all, the seal hunts have gone on for years without anybody protesting until fairly recently.

The same thing holds true for whales.  The U.S. was still whaling as late as 1927, but public opinion has turned completely around since then, so that America is one of the many countries around the world steadfastly against killing whales.

You don't judge an animal's worth on its cuteness quotient.  All life is equal and all life is equally worth of respect.  There is no moral difference between killing a baby seal, a bear, or a wolf, but unfortunately the public in its ignorance often perceives this differently.

We should all strive for species egalitarianism - rather than anthropocentrism, which gives primary consideration to human interests above that of the animal.  All species have equal moral standing.