Seal Clubbing

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Whitecoats, which are newborns, aren't killed for their fur, anymore, but anti-sealers ignore that because the pictures make such great inflammatory propaganda.

CBC News - Canada - FAQs: The Atlantic seal hunt

Also, since we're throwing 'facts' around:

"In 2005, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) commissioned the Independent Veterinarians Working Group Report. With reference to video evidence, the report states: "Perception of the seal hunt seems to be based largely on emotion, and on visual images that are often difficult even for experienced observers to interpret with certainty. While a hakapik strike on the skull of a seal appears brutal, it is humane if it achieves rapid, irreversible loss of consciousness leading to death.""

The newest newborns aren't killed, but they lose their white fur very early (3-4 weeks) in their lives, and seals that young are routinely clubbed so what does it matter if they're 3 days or 3 weeks old?

While it's true that clubbing would be humane IF it "achieves rapid, irreversible loss of consciousness", the fact is that hunters are often rushed, trying to minimize the amount of seals that escape. These rushed conditions are obviously not great for precision striking every time. It has routinely been observed that some seals in the bunch are skinned while still conscious.

You couple those kind of inhumane 'hunting' techniques with the fact that the industry exists largely for fur that we can't even export to our biggest trading partner, producing tons of meat waste and I'm going to have to say that it's a national embarrassment to Canada.