[oldcomputerguy]

"Clubbing them to make coats"

Coats are a by-product. They are clubbing them so that you can have cod at Red Lobster next week, or did you want to donate yours to the seals?

[Skooz]

They are clubbing them so that you can have cod at Red Lobster next week,

Oh, please. This "hunt" has nothing whatsoever to do with preserving fish that would otherwise be eaten by the seals. They would have to slaughter far far more than they are to have any effect on the cod population.

These seals are being bludgeoned for one reason: People in Ukraine and East Europe like the coats. The rest of the seal is discarded.