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Originally Posted by SilentKnight
The point is - baby seal pups are slaughtered for their pelt only so the shallow-minded fashion people can be in style and satisfy their vanity. The meat is completely wasted and left on the ice floes to rot.
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No, the "only" reason isn't vanity. The most important reason is population control. How many times does this need to be said for people to understand it? If the seal population is not controlled to an amount that the environment can sustain, not only will many other species be eliminated but many seals will also die from hunger and sickness.
The "vanity" part is what gets hunters out there hunting the seal. Without that, the government would need to pay people to do the killing, which actually isn't that uncommon to begin with. Cities nationwide do this all the time with everything from deer to birds.
Furthermore, can seal meat even be eaten? Is it edible? Is it good? If the answer is "yes" to any of these questions, then sure, maybe the hunters should start using the meat. Even if they don't, that meat will be eaten by creatures of the sea. Again, circle of life.
Not all animals are worth eating, by the way. I don't see anybody eating rats. I've heard raccoons make for horrible meat and people all over country hunt raccoons every year specifically for the pelt. The coyotes eat the meat.
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