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< Canada and the Seal Hunt
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- Jaline0
"Fishermen sell seal pelts, mostly for the fashion industry in Norway, Russia and China, as well as blubber for oil, earning about $60 per seal.
The Canadian government and isolated fishing communities insist they need the supplemental income from the hunt, since cod stocks have dwindled. The slaughter of some 320,000 seals in 2005 brought in $14.5 million in revenue."
I don't have a solid opinion about this because many people (like celebrities) protest against this without even researching most of the information about it.