The seal hunt is NOT A HUNT - it is a slaughter! I am very pro-hunting but this is NOT hunting its wasteful slaughter!
I agree, but look at those numbers. 325,000 pups in one year with a current population of over 5 million.
The idea that there will not be dramatic economic results to the fishing community without these culls cannot be taken seriously. Imagine even a 50% natural survival rate and you are talking about doubling the population of Harp seals in about a decade.