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Stop the Murder of Baby Seals!
In 1995 Norway
justified a large-scale kill of young seals by calling it research.
The Norwegian government blames the seals for low fish stocks. Yet, massive over-fishing has caused this problem. Blaming seals and not addressing the over-fishing, will not solve the problem. Independent research has shown that humans are responsible for the lowered fish stocks. The seals are being killed in large numbers just to make frivolous luxury products like fur coats and questionable aphrodisiacs". A Bloody Shame
Additional Information: CAFT
UK: Blood On The Ice: Commercial Seal Hunting
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Facts
about the Norwegian Seal Hunt In 1996 Norwegian seal hunters killed
27,000 seals. In 1997 that number was up to 38,000 seals. Many of
these seals killed are less than a year old. In 1997 25,000 of the
38,000 seals that were killed were less that a year old. The seals
are killed by two methods, clubbing or shooting. Many of the seals
have their skulls partially crushed from the clubbing process.
The
test was to see which method of killing produced the fastest results,
shooting or clubbing. The Asian countries are the biggest consumers
of seal products. Seal skin cannot be sold in the United States.
China, Korea and Japan purchase the seal skins to make fur coats.
They also use the penis as an aphrodisiac.