I'm anything but a tree hugger, that's for damn sure. No one likes a tasty burger like me and my neighbor always give me some venison during deer season.
But this shit really turns my stomach. Bashing a baby seal's head in for no other reason than somebody somewhere wants fur ear muffs seems morally wrong to me.
And who are these guys who go out on the ice club these little fuckers?? Man, I just couldn't do it, fuck no. But maybe that's just me.
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Seems like a lot of work for not a lot of cha-ching.
I have to cop to laughing at a T shirt a co-worker had back in the early 80's though. It said " bash baby harp seals for fun and profit "
I think he wore it for shock effect though.......because he was far too lazy to ever try something like this.
I guess I have too many irons in my personal philosophical fire right now , because I can't work up much feeling for this one on either side.
I think those who do it are probably assholes , but that doesn't even carry the weight it used to.
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Ever worn seal-skin muffs or mitts in cold weather? They work VERY well. Rabbit fur does as well, but that's not really any more "nice" to watch. It's just the Rule of the Cute again. Seals are cute, therefore people don't want 'em to get whacked. If they were covered in scales or had slime-covered skin instead of white fluff, nobody'd even care.
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This hits the nail on the head! Greens incoming!
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What is this PETA bullshit? Welcome to the top of the food pyramid, motherfuckers. I like it up here.
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I stopped being sexist because bitches hate that shit.
Stop mentioning PETA and they will go away..
Clubbing baby seals will go on until the seals are gone. If I had to club some baby seals to eat, yes I would, so don't judge the guys who are doing this. It is pretty fucked up though.
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Substitute "sales forums" for "ice floes", and "baby balibros" for "baby harp seals"..., hell yeah!
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Komi has summed things up pretty well. 2 mil in the last 10 years isn't bad. The second Congo War from 98 to 03 doubled that number in half the time. They are cute and all and there's no way I could do it or even watch.
On a side note, years ago I won a tasteless joke contest on a radio station, KSJO, in the SF bay area. My winning joke was:
What's the best thing about clubbing baby harp seals? If they didn't die from the first blow, you get to hit them again!
Yeah, pretty bad but I was in my early 20's. I got concert tix I couldn't afford and some swag!
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There are still plenty baby seals every year, so evidently they aren't particularly endangered. NOT harvesting them may be worse for the species if they overpopulate and starve.
It's a gruesome way to kill defenseless animals, and I don't particularly want to watch it, but neither do I want to watch a cow get shot in the head with a bolt gun to make my hamburger.
I enjoy being at the top of the food chain. I eat meat and I wear leather.
And I'd probably REALLY like a pair of baby seal hide boots.
Yup. Until you're prepared to eat the stuff that the seals won't eat, or make seal meat a part of your diet, the cull is necessary. It is NOT done for the fur itself. It is to keep balance in the Food Chain.
Due to the slow freeze, Polar Bears were unable to get out onto the ice in the Northern part of my Province and they were starving. It's terrible to see these great animals weak and gaunt.
There will be a big boom in the seal population this year. There are far too many of them. They consume millions of tons of fish annually that we as humans should be eating. There are millions and millions more seals than there are predators to eat them. Polar Bear populations will never increase to compensate for it. Killer Whales will not pursue them around the ice. Orcas are easily injured by the jagged edges and the seals take refuge on and around the ice floes.
We also had very little snow cover here in the South. This made it harder for Wolves and Coyotes to catch Deer. They were starving and began to attack livestock and domestic animals. The resulting increase in the Deer population will likely need to be controlled by Man, again. Weather changes/anomalies have always had a large effect on things.
Don't let "cute" fool you; seals are the "rats" of the water. The methods by which they are culled maybe a little rough but, the end justifies the means.
It's kind of an "Us or Them" thing.
I just wish we could club the little Gangbangers here in our cities without fear of recourse. They're a drain on resources, as well.
They're not even "cute".
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It isn't something I'd ever do, but so long as the population is sustainable, club away.
Those bastards had just as long as we did to develop thumbs and invent clubs and guns. Fuck 'em.
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Don't buy into that Hippie Propaganda poster. Seals have been hunted for survival by Inuvialuit people for thousands of years, and they will continue to do so. That pic fails to mention that there is no part of the seal that is wasted. They use everything from the oil to the eyes(a delicacy) to eat, sell, trade and live in the unforgiving Arctic.
Notice how the word "baby" is used as much as possible? It's to invoke an emotional response. They hunt any seal. Veal is baby Cow, but no one calls it baby cow, because then people wouldn't eat it.
Head up to the Arctic and see how these people live, then you can feel free to condem their culture.
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