Each spring off the coast of Canada the largest slaughter of marine animals in the world begins.
The seals killed in this brutal slaughter are mainly harp seals and hooded seal.
-In the last few years the seal population has declined about 2 million animals. Not only are the seals facing human threat but also climate change (thinning of ice).
-95%of seal being slaughtered are less than 4 weeks old. Over 42% of these pups are being skinned alive, others are either shot or clubbed to death.
-Equipment used in this cruel slaughter mainly consist of firearms and hakapik (a hapkapik is a heavy wooden club with a hammer head and a hook at the end)
Why this slaughter
To create pelts, lamp fuel, cooking oil, constitution for soap etc...
-This slaughter causes a threat to not only the seal population but also the cod population.
The national animal rights association of Canada request that the Canadian government permanently end the cruel harp seal hunt.
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