Do any of you people who are posting in this thread live in Newfoundland? No.
Do I live in Newfoundland? Yes.
Is there seal meat and other products like seal oil, for sale here? Yes (thereby disproving the myth that seals are killed solely for their fur).
There is a lot of talk about how cute the baby seals are. However two points to keep in mind:
1. They are born in the wild and have a decent chance for survival.
2. Calves and Lambs destined to be eaten are born and placed in cages where they can't turn around, all designed to keep their meat as tender as possible. Where is Paul McCartney protesting this practice?
There are people in the remote settlements in Northern Newfoundland who depend on the seal hunt to make it throught the winter without resorting to Government assistance.
Yes, there is offshore oil here and the economy is booming, but most of that money stays in St. John's and doesnt make it into the outports.
One other point to keep in mind, Sealing is a dangerous thing to do, and there are a lot of men who, after risking their lives day to day in the fishing, go out on the ice sealing. they don't do it because they like killing seals, they do it because they want to support their families, and this is the only way they can do it. It's what their fathers and grandfathers did.
Keep in mind, that a lot of the remote settlements aren't like your neighbourhood, where they can run to the 24 hour supermarket if they run out of milk.
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