Reply #25: Wheeee! Lets ban hunting!

[mainegreen]

Seriously though, who the hell "clubs" seals for commercial harvest? Statistics anyone? Seriously, I see no numbers about how much clubbing goes on. I suspect most of the clubbing is probably done by locals, who then eat the seal and sell the pelt.

Quite frankly if an individual hunter wants to club his six seals, go ahead. Individual hunting is part of the natural order. I've never hunted myself other than fishing, but I don't share the idea that hunting is in any way bad. Life feeds on life. Even cute baby seal life. As long as hunting is regulated, and populations are scientifically monitored and controlled I see no problem with it.

If a company is doing clubbing though, thats bad. Also stupid. Seriously. A gun would be much quicker.

I doubt, though, due to the hostility each side feels to wards the other we won't find a serious, well though out and data-backed views.

If someone could, say, post actual numbers on who's doing the clubbing and how much by each group, I could see changing the opinions of some pro-hunting people like me. But there does seem to be a tad to much 'cute baby seal, how could you' on some of those sites.