Hunting seals: an unethical tourism sport
Where?
Responses
'Killing a baby seal is about the easiest thing you can do if you're inclined to be sadistic; you certainly can't say there's any sport in it - the animal is totally defenceless,' said Paul Watson, founder and president of the radical Sea Shepherd group.
Skins and fur
Seal skin and fur is often used to create waterproof jackets, and so seals are hunted down, skinned, and then sold for 16 to 17 dollars which is not a number worth killing a baby seal for. No number is ever enough to kill such an innocent and defensless species.
Seal Meat
Seal meat is considered a very helpful for people who live in coastal regions, for example those on the Asian coasts.
Back in 2004, Asian countries such Taiwan purchaces Harp seal meat from Canada and sold it in local pet food stores.
Blubber
People often take fish oil pills, but what they need to be aware of is that some of these supplements were actually made out of seal blubber to make seal oil, and were hen marketed as fish oil pills, this is because extracting seal blubber is much easier and a much cheaper process than that of getting fish oil.
Why?
By Zaina Siyam
As if people weren’t already hurting the environment and its organisms, they have started taking it to the extremes.
In countries such as Norway and Canada, seal hunting has not just become a a trade for fur and skins, but has also become a horrendous and inhumane sport. This commercial hunting is practiced in six countries: Canada, Namibia, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, and Russia.
This is not only unethical, but has caused a great decline in the seal population making them an endangered species.