Hunting Canadian seals
Round fat seals with silky smooth fur are captured and killed right on the snow to serve the fashion industry, despite objections from animal rights activists.
Round fat seals with silky smooth fur are captured and killed right on the snow to serve the fashion industry, despite objections from animal rights activists.
A baby seal located on the ice-filled ground in the Bay of Saint Lawrence Charlottetown, Canada.Photo: Getty.
The Government of Canada protects this species and considers it an essential economic activity for remote communities. Photo: Getty.
Hunters piled up the skin and fur of the seals they hunted on the ice. Photo: Reuters.
Helicopters carried out US humanitarian activists' surveillance of seal hunting operations in the Saint Lawrence area of Charlottetown. Photo: Reuters.
Seal blood streaks spread on the ice. Photo: Reuters.
The precious fur used in the fashion industry makes the seals a hunting object.Photo: AP.
Due to the pressure of animal rights activists, the new law enacted last year stipulates that seals can only be skinned after death. Photo: AP.
A white fur seal lies on the ice. The countries that import products from fur seals are mainly Russia, China and Norway.Photo: Reuters.
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