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.

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.