It's really only a SLAUGHTER because they are cute little seal cubs. If they were not so cute or so young, no one would care.
Fish, dolphin, shellfish, cattle, chickens, lambs, mink, chinchilla, snakes, silkworms, whales, whatever, are SLAUGHTERED every minute of every day and there is no outcry of "SLAUGHTER!!!"
Sorry, but the over-reaction to THESE particular creatures of God makes so little sense in the larger vision of all the thousands-of-years, planet-wide, unrelenting, consistent slaughtering of live creatures for food and clothing. God made us meat-eaters, especially those in cold climates where vegetarianism is only a dream.
Hindus are the ONLY culture in God's existence that are vegetarians. And not all Hindus are vegetarians. And they are so NOT because of any altruism towards animals. They mistreat their animals with impunity....they just don't EAT them.
This isn't directed just at you either, sir, and it's no condemnation of you or your ideas. It's also directed at those who would mourn ONE group of slaughtered creatures, while NOT all groups. I just happen to think that the sentiment is misdirected.
Its a slaughter. Those seals cannot escape. I'm sorry but when hunters hunt their prey their prey has a 50/50 chance of escaping or at least trying to. These baby seals cannot even move hardly. That's slaughter in my book.
Which is why the activists continue to lie about what really goes on. The practice of taking seal pups was banned in the 1980s so only ADULT seals are harvested. That hasn't stopped Greenpeace from using photos of the cute little baby seals, though.
Hindus eat meat. They just don't eat beef. They love goat and mutton.