Why are the Canadians allowing baby seals to be brutally slaughtered by the hundreds of thousands?

I have to wonder, since even the Russians have recognized the brutality of killing hundreds of thousands of baby seals and stopped it, why the Canadians do not think so.

I was under the impression that Canadians by and large were more compassionate than the Russians. But apparently I was wrong. Perhaps that also explains why Canadians are so cavalier about the murder of unborn human babies by abortions as well.

That is by far one of the most undereducated and bias pieces of rubbish I've read in weeks.

The majority of seals are shot and not clubbed. the Sealers association even wanted to ban the hakipik only to have HSUS say that they shouldn't.

I can't believe that so many people let so called animal rights groups spread this kind of rubbish about the sealing industry.

" baby seals" are left abandoned by their mommies after they are 12 days old. At the time sealers are allowed to hunt seals they have shed their white fur and are fully independent from their parents.

As for Russia banning " baby seal hunting" I think it's great to put in regulations where seals under the age of a year cannot be hunted. However it's hard to tell the difference between a 9 month old seal or a year old seal. The Canadian seal populations being hunted are thriving. They've been hunted for over a hundred years and the Harp seal population is over 5 million... The Population in Russia not doing quite as well.

Canada is still the most regulated Sealing nation.

The worst thing is if the hunt is banned a cull will likely follow a few years. Personally if an animal is to be killed it should be used. When BC closed their hunt they started culling the seals where nothing was used and the animals left on the bottom of the sea.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/stor...

http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Fisheries-...

http://www.embassymag.ca/page/view/letter2-3-18-20...

http://www.embassymag.ca/page/view/letter1-3-25-20...