cuteness propaganda

It is for PETA's and GreenPeace's benefit that the hunt stays open, much of their income comes from donations to stop the hunt, it the hunt where to really stop, much of their donations would stop too. They are also using celeberites that only know how to use a checkbook as advocates.

I really do think that it is a cuteness factor, even though the seal pup are no longer hunted, they are still the poster child of anti-hunting. No one complains when we go for a moose or grouse hunt.

When it comes to the whole 'bloody barbaric' issue, the seals are cleaned on ice. as Danny Williams said to Paul McCartney on Larry King Live, 'if you place white sheets on the floors of a slaughter-house, you are going to see blood'

My uncle and I would skin our seals on the beach, you don't see the blood as clearly as you would on the ice, but it's still there.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by The_Melomane

Are we eating the seals?
I've never gotten hunting stuff if you're not gonna eat it.
So, unless I'm hearing, "Baby seals, it's what's for dinner!"
I'm gonna say hunting is sort of stupid.
(Not that I have anything against it, I just think if you're gonna hunt it, it better be on the dinner table at some point.)

Sure do. (not babies though, they are banned)
it's an acquired taste though, I was never really into seal meat, but I know people who love it! The seal is not waisted, both the pelt and meat are sold, many fishermen keep some of the meat themselves to eat or sell to locals.

To this day if you go to a small outpost community, you will see people gather at the warfs with money looking to buy seal flippers from the fishermen for seal-flipper pie.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by xiaowei

I'm going to be honest, why club baby seals? Why not older seals, especially fertile males and females.

We do kill the older seals, the babies where banned since 1987, which is why the argument that cuteness is some sort of survival mechanism can be correct in a way, these white coats are cute, and everyone was out to put a ban on them, and it worked, we can no longer kill baby seals, and the fur industry for the white-coats is just about dead.

Killing baby seals is a popular misconseption kept alive by all the outdated images of hunters killing them that animal rights radicals put up on walls.

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Originally Posted by blue

On another note, I'm not sure I understand why they have to use clubs to kill these animals--any idea? Can't they just shoot them or inject them with something? It seems more humane...

The reason why we can't just inject the seals with anything is because they are dangerous animals, they are really not as tame as you think. If you get close to a seal on the ice, they will snap at you. Shooting them with darts would be tricky too, because it takes some time for the suff to take effect, if the seal dives into the water beforehand, they will drown.

90% of the seals we catch are done by guns, but that has recentlly come under attack because unless you shoot the seal in the head, it is not going to be a instant kill, the seal will bleed to death.

The clubbing is really called a Hakaipak (i think that is how it's spelled) it's like a bat with a nail at the end, the idea is to puncture the brain for a instant kill and keep the pelt in good condition. It looks brutal, but it's actually the quickest and humane way to kill a seal. It's the same as cows in slaughter houses with a nail punctureing their brains.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.