[joesnuffy]

Pups are killed before they have sufficient swimming skills and are afraid to leave the ice...making them easier targets for cullers.

The arguments for culling the animals is that they eat too many cod and deplete the fishing stores...

Counter arguments are that only 2% of their diet is cod and only during certain times of the year and in certain locations
much of their diet also includes predators of cod...

Another argument is that this is socialism's cruel and mercenary answer for solving area unemployment problems..

Why they club the pups..I don't know...perhaps they are afraid of hunters shooting one another accidentally or ricochets off the ice?

Most likely because it's cheaper than buying bullets...

imo

[fanfan]

They are shot.

Using a club has been illegal for many years now.

[Squawk 8888]

It's illegal to hunt the pups. Only adult seals are culled.

[areafiftyone]

The reason they're clubbed to death is because it's less damage to the skins. The reason they're killed between the ages of 12 and 24 to 30 days is because their skin is fresh. It's unmarked and it's going to be used for the fashion industry for seal skins.