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It is that time of year when the ice floes along Canada's east coast runs red with the blood of baby seals. The first time I saw a movie showing the hunt was in 1965. I was horrified and I was sure as a compassionate country Canada would soon stop the hunt.
Smiley19 Sadly it has not happened. Smiley19

http://www.hsi.org/world/canada/work/protect_seals/facts/about_seal_hunt.html?&country=CA¤cy=CAD&utm_source=googlegrant&utm_medium=cpc&ea.tracking.id=googlegrant-cpc-CA-Canadian-Seal-Hunt&utm_content=Canadian-Seal-Hunt&gclid=Cj0KCQjwnqzWBRC_ARIsABSMVTOYNrg-zDCx70PoDmMlnyujg8YZe-0XCMBJRK7-BYAjf6-vsx4ZeQgaAsbyEALw_wcB

Once again we sign petitions to end the slaughter.

https://www.change.org/p/justin-trudeau-...their-fate


The hunt is defended because it is supposed to be a source of income for east coast fishermen. However the seal market is declining every year.

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017...seal-hunt/


India joins many other countries in banning Canadian seal products.

https://globalnews.ca/news/4129047/india...seal-hunt/

If no one wants to buy the seal skins, why do we still kill the seals. 
Isn't is a stupid kind of stubbornness that makes us cling to the hunt because we have been doing it for a long time. 
We don't even eat the seal meat ourselves or any of the other products. They may be trying to create a Canadian market, but it isn't catching on.

For 52 years I have watched with horror as the seal hunt continues. How many more years will it be until we end the brutality and become a more compassionate country.