< Canada and the Seal Hunt
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sorry for intruding in a question i really don't know anything about this issue (i mean, what seal hunt represents for canadians, it's benefits or backdrops, etc), but there is a global interest for preserving wildlife - in which Canada is usually a leader most of the time btw.
this is not an attempt to soften your hearts, but the truth. Canada is the foremost country in the world in wildlife preservation (i'm not sure, since the US and Norway have the foremost natural park management, so they say). And that is why all this business seems strange and political to other people in the world, rather than deriving from common sense.
Of course economies have to grow and people need food (most people use this as a statement) but the good logic is: why do seals have to be beaten to death? if it's just a matter of balancing the species why just not shoot them fast?
the answer is easy. because people sell the fur too. is that right? is that wrong? i have my opinion but i'm not giving it since i think there are ways to kill an animal (even for the fur) with some efficacy. the bottom line is: nowadays you don't have to be a brute to make money.
i'm not playing the clever bastard here. In Portugal, we have people that stuck full-grown cows into spare-tyre vaults in lorries (i.e. trucks), and sell them over the border. It's a disgusting activity that ashames me. Not that it is played by my countrymen, but that it is played by people.
it is awful and revolting because it doesn't have to be so.
as you were. thank you for listening to me.