1. The Canadian harp seal hunt By: Brianna Tucker And Marques Johnson

2. What is the Canada Seal Hunt?  Hunting of the Harp seal  They hunt around 200,000 – 300,000 seals a year.  About 95% of the seals killed in the seal hunt are no more than 3 months old.  About 40% of the seals are skinned alive due to hunters not checking to see if they are unconscious or dead.

3. Government Rules  seals must be killed quickly by a blow to the head  They must triple check the death of the seal before skinning can take place How?How?  It is illegal to kill white fur pups (they have to have their first coats to be hunted)

4. Tools used  Hakapik – clubs them in the head with one end and hooks it and drags it to the boat with the other  Guns – try to shoot them in the head  Club  They club most of them because they may ruin the fur if they miss their head with the bullet

5. People for the hunt  Canada says it pays bills and it is done humanly.  They also feel that we should balm the the other counties because their the ones that are buying the fur and meat  The Canadian government doesn’t feel as if anything is wrong with the them hunting seal because they say it’s the same as us killing cows and chickens because they say it’s the same as us killing cows and chickens

6. People Against the Hunt  Other people feel that the seal hunt is wrong, because it is the largest marine animal slaughter.  They feel as if it shows the worst of what humanity is capable of

7. What they do with the seals  The fur is used to make coats, hats, and children’s toys Fur coats are usually sold for about 3,000-5,000 dollarsFur coats are usually sold for about 3,000-5,000 dollars  Its in the US but its being boycott because people oppose the hunt  They sometimes turn the meat into cat food because people don’t like the taste South Korea and Japan were the largest consumers of seal meatSouth Korea and Japan were the largest consumers of seal meat China, South Korea and the United States bought the most seal fat and oil from CanadaChina, South Korea and the United States bought the most seal fat and oil from Canada

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