Logic....?

I do think it's a shame,but,if it's banned,then it becomes a black market attraction,and then the only ones doing it will be the criminals that could really care less about the suffering of the animals...
I'm not saying that there aren't people like that already,but i'm sure it would be much worse if it were made illigal, then there would be people killing people in order too do it....I think...

Anyway,i dont think it will be,cause theres too much money to be made from it,and thats a sad fact of life.....

The cruelties of the hunt
In 2001, an international team of independent veterinarians observed the Canadian Seal Hunt. In their report, the team concluded that:

42% of seals were skinned alive
79% of the sealers failed to check whether the animals were dead before they began to skin them
40% of the seals had to be clubbed twice or were shot because they were still conscious after the first blow or the first shot.

- A Humane Hunt

* Numerous organizations have studied the hunting methods used in the Canadian seal hunt and they have found them to be humane.
* The hunting methods presently used were studied by the Royal Commission on Seals and Sealing in Canada and they found that the clubbing of seals, when properly performed is at least as humane as, and often more humane than, the killing methods used in commercial slaughterhouses, which are accepted by the majority of the public.
* Methods used to kill seals in Canada were found to be generally more humane than the shooting of animals for sport. The Commission also found that no methods of killing which have come to their notice, other than clubbing or shooting, achieve acceptable standards of humaneness.

The original question as to how can you be so upset over the seal when you condone the slaughtering of human beings is completely on topic. The questions boils down to you protest the action on the basis that it is cruel...a person on this side then has a right to question your definition of cruel etc as it apllies to anything...so if you argue can't you seehow cruel and inhuman this is...well the people you are throwing stones are are obviously going to be confused when they know your government is involved in the direct slaughterof human beings to collect a resource......

The original question as to how can you be so upset over the seal when you condone the slaughtering of human beings is completely on topic.

My apologies...I was not refering to abortion at all. My topic point was simply this. Imagine a Canadian Seal hunter being reprimanded for cruelty in the way he collects his resource from somebody who is pro killing people to collect another resource...that being oil. My slaughter was in reference to Iraq. And if you think that is off topic in the consideration of the morality of killing seals well then you lost me.

The war analogy is quite relevant. The start of this thread said that the Canadian Seal hunt was "Disgusting" and it needed to be stopped. So we have a discourse on the better merits of morals etc...and I not that some of the people slinging the mud are American. It is very on point then to point out a moral hypocracy. To me the Americans putting down the hunt because it is cruel is ridiculous. In grog terms...hit seal with club...bad. Drop bomb on baby...good!!!!!!! That is the only point. And for the record...I never buy fur...I don't think it is needed.

Canada allows the cruel killing of seal pups for their pelts