Canada's Atrocious Seal Hunt To begin This Week

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Despite Canada trying to portray itself as at the forefront of welfare issues, our annual seal hunt will commence this week which will see up to 400, 000 harp seal pups permitted to be slaughtered. We've all seen the images; blood soaked ice, fearful seals fleeing humans with rifles and hakapiks, and death everywhere. It's one of the biggest shameful events in our history and once again, the time has come to witness this grotesque abuse of animals once again.

The picture on your right is a youth harp seal, one of which will likely be bludgeoned or shot as it frantically scurries across the ice to escape inevitable death. Despite international disgust & attention, bans on the import of harp seal products, and a noticeable decline in participation year after year, Canada has yet to recognize that the seal hunt is simply not in line with our planet's attitudes and feelings towards animals. Our country continues to allow this despicable annual event even though all signs are pointing to ending it once and for all. Why do we continue when it's obvious that it just doesn't hold the significance it once did?

THE SEAL HUNT

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Despite a quota of up to 400, 000 harp seals, participation in 2021 saw only 26, 000 slaughtered. This indicates a lack of participation / willingness to participate.

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At the peak of the 2006 hunt, harp seal pelts were retailing for about 102$. In 2021, they were worth about 26$ CDN per pelt, a significant reduction in worth.

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Canada's seal hunt is recognized as being the largest permitted mass slaughter of marine animals on our planet. Not a record worth having in my opinion.

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Europe has been a major influence in the decline of the hunt, banning harp & blueback hooded seal products in 1983. In 2009, the EU went further and restricted the placement of seal products, exempting only those from Indigenous communities. There are now 36 International Trade bans on seal products, 27 of which are from EU member states.

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The seal hunt exposes Canada's hypocrisy. We preach peace, compassion, empathy, unity etc., and yet we participate in one of the most barbaric and gruesome mass slaughter events on our planet. This is not in line with how Canadian's feel about animal welfare nor is it in line with our International community's views.

We are witnessing the end of the fur industry. Every week, another major fashion brand is committing to a future of fur-free products. Another country is voting on banning the production of fur permanently or banning the sale of these products. When we consider that the fur industry is surely fizzling out, where will Canada stand when we are one of the only ones left on our planet bludgeoning and skinning seals?

The time is now to take a stand and end this needless and gruesome event. I remember first seeing a video about some of the horrors and I'll never forget the visual of a seal scurrying and whimpering as some loser behind it slowly lurches towards it with a hakapik. It scarred me. To feel the fear that those seals must experience knowing there's no way to outrun us is horrifying. They flee knowing they're going to die anyways. We must stop this awful event.

If Canada truly wants to talk the talk, it's time to start walking the walk. Read the room, people across our planet are disgusted and horrified by the seal hunt. Our own people are horrified by the hunt. It's time to stop the killing.

HAPPY VEG