Seal hunting

“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…

98% of seals are actually killed properly instead of being skinned. It is has been a heated debate discussion about should seals be hunted. Many people are against Canadian seal hunting for many reasons. In my opinion, I believe that because seals have a value in Canadian economy, they should be hunted with more restrictions; such as baby seals can be hunted when they reach 2 years of age etc. The top 3 reasons of why they should be hunted are as follows. One, many industries are inhumane such…

3) Seal hunting has become generally frowned upon in recent decades, as recounted in the case study on “Seal Hunting and the Fate of the Inuit.” Animal rights activists have been able to successfully cause the “collapse” of the sealskin market by drawing public attention to the sometimes brutal ways in which seals, especially baby seals, are slaughtered and harvested for their skins. For a great many people, the successful destruction of the seal industry was a tremendous victory for animal…

The Seal Hunt Must be Discontinued The Federal Government of Canada should not allow the seal hunt to continue. To begin with, seals are killed in exceedingly cruel ways. Seal pups that are just over a month old are stabbed and killed with hooks and dragged across the ice to leave a trail of blood. According to a study in 2001, a team of veterinarians determined that in over 40 % of the cases they studied, the seals were most likely skinned alive. Such inhumane acts are unacceptable and should…

Harp seal pups are notorious for their big black eyes and fluffy white fur. These beautiful creatures have an unfortunate future ahead of them. They are part of the largest slaughter of any marine mammal species on the planet (Liberation BC, 2013, para. 1). Every year hundreds of thousands of baby seals are killed so that their skins can be made to make coats, collars, cuffs, and trinkets. The photo selected is successful in capturing the harsh reality of seal hunting today. For the purposes of…

Canadian Seal Hunt played a prominent role in exposing the cruelty involved in fashion industry production. The photo, taken in 1969 by the International Fund for Animal Welfare, was a catalyst that provoked outrage and boycotts of fur products in Canada. The group joined forces with a wide spectrum of animal welfare groups in order to protest the unregulated slaughter of baby seals by Newfoundland and Labrador fishermen. The image in question depicts a seal hunter wielding a club to a baby seal…

flipped the letter over to open it but first noticed the Royal Seal imprinted in black ink on the back of the letter. “What the,” I softly whispered to myself. Slowly, not to rip the seal I opened the envelope to find a beautifully written letter. It was written in cursive a fancy kind of writing. The letter was written on terra-cotta paper. It was very expensive paper. Whoever sent this is rich I reminded myself. The paper had diamond black ink on it and was made out to my father.…

Deer Hunting Here are the figures on how safe this blood sport really is. How can a sport where adults and the young run around the woods and over water while carrying loaded firearms really be safe? Each hunting season newspapers and television news broadcasts inform the public of hunting tragedies ranging from accidental shootings and drowning, to fatal falls from tree stands. Is hunting just an accident waiting to happen? I mean, is it really so dangerous that even the Vice-President of the…

times, throughout the year. The season change means different resources are available at different times. During Midwinter Netsilik hunt for seal and polar bears: seal hunting takes place on the ice. The Netsilik scour over the ice trying to find holes in the ice that seals use to surface for air, when a seal surfaces a hunter spears them. Seal hunting can take hours of patiently waiting and potentially getting no return. In the late spring, hunters abandon the sea ice, as it starts to warm and…

whales are the epitome of teamwork when it comes to hunting. When confronted by a pod of killer whales the prey has very little chance of escaping. Killer whales can be found all over the earth’s oceans and nearly everything is on the menu, which makes them an important apex predator. An animal’s feeding habits such as what and how much can determine how much of an impact the animal has on the ecosystem. In the case of the killer whale it clearly has a notch at the top of the marine ecosystem. …