Seal Hunting Pros And Cons

“Without hunting there would be no conservation, without conservation there would be no wildlife (Keck).” From the very beginning of human evolution, man has hunted animals for food to live. Throughout the history, hunting was persuaded because of daily needs and for other essential reasons. In todays’s world hunting is still preferred and done by humans for food and sport. A long time debate is still in fire that hunting is good or bad. Many people think that hunting is bad for environment. Harvesting of seals is a controversial issue from a long time. Seal hunt is considered to be inhumane by many environmentalists as well as people, but the question is that, is the seal hunt necessary? There are many people who oppose seal hunt and many …show more content…
In the areas where there is no source of income and have less resources depend on fishing. Areas like Newfoundland and Labrador are economically depressed and have very poor resources such as agriculture and industries(The Canadian Encyclopedia). These depend on sealing as sealing is their major source of income. Sealing provides employment to the natives and help them to fulfill their basic needs. According to Government of Canada, sealing industry provide part time employment to 6000 people. This benefits the overall economy of a country. Seal fur is used for making fur clothes and seal skins are used for making waterproof jackets and shoes, which are exported to another countries. More than $100 million products are exported to Britain by Canada annually(Glavin). If sealing industry is providing such a good employment opportunities and helping areas like Newfoundland and Labrador to overcome the problem of economic depression then why sealing should be banned? There is no reason to ban seal hunt. Sealing is necessary in order to remain employed for the people of those areas where employment opportunities are very low. Harp seals are mostly harvested by fishermen of Newfoundlanders and Quebec.”Between 2006-2008, sealing activity yielded $53 million in direct "landed value" to sealers based in the provinces of Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador. The total value during this period to the economies of Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador in product production and trade was over $120 million.Exports of pelts in 2006 were valued at $16,395,000, while exports of meat and oil were valued at $1,588,000(Seals And Sealing Network).” Sealing is the most profitable source for fishermen. Moreover, sealing is legally practised and closely monitored by the