Spring Seal hunt in Canada

[Catherine]

Alberta was a good choice. No one in Alberta is in favour of the seal hunt. The province is so far inland that people are a little vague about what a seal is.

We made a victory when we stopped them killing the two day old fluffy white seals. That was horrible. That was also years ago.
Things haven't improved since then.

We need people to stop buying seal products. In the end that is what will change things. When no one will buy the skins, it becomes to much trouble and cost to go out and do more killing.

I first heard about the hunt 52 years ago. A teacher who had lived in the east brought a film to school and showed us what happens during the hunt. I doubt he had permission to do that, so he was a brave man. He risked his job to show us the truth.
What I have trouble accepting is the fact that the hunt still goes on. After all these years it is just as brutal and just as pointless.