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Kill rates averaged 451,000 in the 1830s, and rose to 546,000 annually during the first half of the next decade, which led to a marked decline in the harp seal population that in turn adversely impacted profits in the sealing industry.
More than one million seals have been slaughtered in the past five years alone. These kill levels are among the highest witnessed in Canada in half a century. The last time seals were killed at this rate—in the 1950s and '60s—the harp seal population was reduced by as much as two-thirds.
3 kwi 2018 · Nobody is killing those adorable white baby seals. This is, bar none, the most persistent and widespread myth about the Canadian seal hunt. Every year, anti-seal hunt literature is almost...
8 sty 2013 · The last time Canadian seal kill levels were as high–a half century ago–the harp seal population was quickly reduced by as much as two thirds. Harp seals rely on sea ice to give birth to and nurse their pups, and global warming is fast diminishing ice cover in the Northwest Atlantic.
Harp seals are the victims of the largest slaughter of marine mammals in the world: the Canadian seal hunt. This slaughter continues for many reasons including the value of the pelts, government propaganda, and pride in this so-called tradition.
1 gru 2018 · This paper reviews seal killing methods across Europe; open and close seasons; training requirements; and how seal killing is monitored, including whether carcases are collected and assessed to establish the likelihood of a humane death.
Harp seals are the victims of the largest slaughter of marine mammals in the world: the Canadian seal hunt. Seals are killed mainly for their pelts, which are sold primarily in Europe and Asia and are illegal in the U.S.. Learn about the cruel, ecologically irresponsible, and totally unnecessary seal hunt on Harpseals.org.
