Can Taylor Swift help Canada's seal meat industry, senate committee asks
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Previous government efforts to boost the sale of seal products have also failed, noted Fink. As an example, she pointed to a 2014 plan which recommended the Fisheries and Oceans department try to revive the market for the sale of seal penises.
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There is a lot of misinformation on both sides about the commercial seal hunt in Canada. Which makes it difficult to get the truth.
But to call people who are engaging in the hunt using traditional or modern methods as evil is some fucking bullshit. Most times it's a group who don't understand the nuances, using a standard that doesn't apply.
Now, saying that there aren't problems with the hunt would be rather disingenuous, and most of the anti-hunting groups deliberately misrepresent the facts because seals are cute. At the same time, the industry associations and hunters themselves are biased.
There is a way to ethically hunt seals, and having a market to sell the meat and fur is imperative for that. I'm not passing judgment on the hunters if the animals don't suffer, and they stick to the quotas and guidelines set forth by the DFO.
Aren't seals endangered? Forgive me if I am wrong but there is no ethical way to hunt an endangered population. Unless they are targeting populous seal populations, which of those there are not many.
Wikipedia has them listed as Least Concerned. So, not in a way that would have conservatory issues associated due to population.
Like I said there is a lot of disinformation surrounding the topic.