There's some argument that cuteness is some sort of survival mechanism, but I'm not sure that I believe it.
I'm going to be honest, why club baby seals? Why not older seals, especially fertile males and females. I mean, it's easier to handle on the psyche when you're beating to death something that has at least finished half their expected lifespan. Maybe if the hunters made a promise to not to beat baby seals, but doubled their efforts to kill adult seals in secret. I'd be down.
I don't think that the seals are depleting fish stocks as much as we are though. No statistics, but I just doubt that seals are the reason why we're running out fish. More like we want to eat more fish and fish are dumb and easy to catch.
Koalas are also hard ass bitches and bite people. They aren't really that cute either.
But this:
Jam it back in, in the dark.