Seal Hunting/Slaughter Research Paper

Seal hunting/slaughter began by the aboriginals over 4,000 years ago. But the Europeans started to hunt seals before everyone else for money problems and started to use nets to catch seals in the early 1660’s. then, in the early 1700’s all the sealers began to use guns and the boats became larger and there was more.

In 1723 the seal hunt became an actual annual event for all the sealers. These seals were/are killed for oil which is used for cooking, for soap, lamp oil, some types of lubricants and are used for their popular grey, leather skin.