Photos: Canadian seal hunt spills blood on the ice in Gulf of St. Lawrence

by Stephen Hui on March 23rd, 2012 at 11:08 AM

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The Canadian commercial seal hunt is underway in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

While warm weather and poor markets are combining to make this year's hunt a small affair, the International Fund for Animal Welfare has observed six or so boats out shooting and clubbing harp seals.

According to the animal-rights group, about 530 seals have been killed since the hunt began on March 22 around Quebec's Magdalen Islands. IFAW expects the Gulf hunt to wrap up by this weekend.

In early April, the commercial seal hunt off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador is expected to start.

Here's several photos shot by IFAW of the 2012 Gulf seal hunt.

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Comments

28 Comments

Nancy T

Mar 23, 2012 at 1:26pm

The people taking part in this "hunt" are complete and utter maniacs. They dont' even have the excuse of money to justify this violence. They must simply love killing baby animals, no other reason to be out there.

Rose Graham

Mar 23, 2012 at 4:27pm

This is so barbaric. I know that these people need to survive but the government should be looking at other ways for them to survive. This isn't the way. The government isn't listening to what the voters are telling them. This way of living is over for them

d brown

Mar 23, 2012 at 6:14pm

these people are totally fucked up .........sick bastards , i hope they all burn in hell

ice

Mar 23, 2012 at 6:44pm

rose, they don't need that money to survive. it's about 1% of total revenues, and that's before the market collapsed. i'm not entirely sure what sort of pleasure they get doing that - it's pretty sick. and embarassing to canada. and it's costing us tax money. just a form of handouts so they can buy some new tv's. it's very disturbing that people who do this aren't in jail or in psychiatry treatment.

Olga Dziembowska

Mar 23, 2012 at 7:20pm

These sealers should really have some mental problem and be completely brainwashed, have no ambition to get a real job. These pelts are worthless. How can they sleep at night after slaughtering all these creatures? Poor seals don't even have legs or wings to escape from them!!How can they call it a hunt? It is a murder, indeed.I hate Canada, Will never ever travel there in my life!