Hazmi (About The Canadian Seal Hunt)

Canada’s annual commercial seal hunt is the largest slaughter of marine mammals on the planet. Facing harsh criticism the world over because of the hunt’s cruelty and unsustainability, the Canadian government and fishing industry have spread much misinformation.

Their primary target of the seal hunt is the harp seal, and the hooded seals are also killed. They were killed at the Gulf of St.Lawrence which is located at west of Newfoundland and east of the Magdalen Island. This is one of the fishermen’s off season activity. They did this activity because the seal’s skin can be sell which is used to produce fashion garments and other items.There is a small market for seal oil and seal penises have been sold in Asian markets as an aphrodisiac. But for the meat, no market want it then the fishermen left the meat rot on the ice. In recent years, 100 000 seals have been killed annually in the commercial seal hunt. More than one million seals have been slaughtered in the past five years alone.