The Pros And Cons Of Banning Seals

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No, no way, the Canadian government shouldn't ban the seal hunt due to many reasons. I feel the main reasons are: we would lose resources that we acquire from the seals, due to the increase in population of the seals, fishes that we eat are decreasing in population some are even close to extinct, and that the media is going above and beyond by showing nonsense and causing people to act against the seal hunt which is hurting the economy, specially the fishermans. First of all the seals are killed in a humane manner. The seal fishery is highly regulated and is being closely monitored to assure that the seal hunt is conducted in a proper manner, not torturing the seals. It is no less or more humane than the way other animals that supply us

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