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Originally Posted by Mortis

Now theres a topic that is both a shame to Canadians and in some areas pride. I personally don't advocate the seal hunts, I find it distasteful and a waste of time. It won't stop until there are other viable ways for those people to make a living. The average family earns as much as 35% of their annual income through these seal hunts.

I think if the images of the seals being, well you know how they are harvested, weren't so graphic and ugly, no one would object at all. I have been there for the hunt and I found it unpleasant, to say the least. I also found a meat packing plants kill room unpleasant, it's all how you look at it.

I again say that I do not advocate it in any way, but if you have an open mind and are willing to look beyond your preconceived or media derived notions of what is happening, take a look here for some information from "Fisheries and Oceans Canada" the regulatory body that polices the seal hunt.

I am not trying to change your mind, just give you some information to base you opinion on something other than the media and PETA.

Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

I agree. I haven't seen either in person, but I find it extremely unfair that so many people gets to emotional about seals and happily eat meat every day. Years ago I came back from a vacation in Namibia with a couple of sealskin purses and everybody was horrified. The sealskin came from a farm, if I remember correctly, and I don't see why a seal farm would be more objectionable than a cow, pig or chicken farm.

Of course the matter is different when the animals killed belong to a potentially endangered species, or excess killing may endanger the species.

I am not a vegetarian but I can understand people who are. What I cannot understand or accept is people who choose some species arbitrarily and decide these species should be protected more than others. I remember a guy ranting on a forum years ago that the Chinese were barbarians because they eat dogs. I'm sure this guy ate cow, pig or chicken several times a week. What's the difference?

Rationally, I totally agree with your rational approach.

Things get a little more complex to handle if one approaches things also from the sentiments angle. That is irrationally.

To me in this case it does not make much difference as I tend to have my sentiments focused toward humans, actually single individuals, much more so than toward animals, plants, things, ideas even ideals and groups of humans.