A small victory for Seals (Hooray!!!!)

[lizbud]

Wonderful news. Thanks for sharing this.

[king2005]

1. How will the massive drop in fish populations be managed now?
2. What will be done when the seals start starving to death because there are no fish left?

I feel the seals are doomed to a far worse death because of this ban. Atleast with the hunt the dead animals were being used.. now they will rot in the snow after starving to death as there are no preditors to help keep the numbers under control

Just look at what the poor deer go through, its horrible Starvation is not more humain IMO...

[Sonia59]

It's good news!

I don't know about the imbalance it can induce in the ecosystem, but think about the conditions in which they were killed. It was just not acceptable! There are certainly other ways to keep the seal population low...

[king2005]

It's good news!

I don't know about the imbalance it can induce in the ecosystem, but think about the conditions in which they were killed. It was just not acceptable! There are certainly other ways to keep the seal population low...

I have few issues about the methods used. I DO have issues about the law breakers. Its the law breakers that are making the seals suffer. If groups would have helped to inforce the laws there wouldn't be any worry about an imbalancement. We killed ALL the preditors, so now we need to be the preditor.

Just remember, bullets are made out of lead. Bullets + seals will = a lot of lead in 1 area that can poison the adult seals & fish in the ocean. Also a bunch of people shooting guns in an area isn't safe for anyone.

Yes a club might seem barbaric, but when the user is using it properly there is no pain felt or its very quick. 1 hit should render the seal braindead & or dead. Shoot the seal & you'll prob miss the tiny brain & the seal will feel ALL the pain. Remember the seals are used for meat & fur. So shoot the seal in the body where it would prob die faster would ruin the fur & meat, which would make the kill a waste.

JMO on the matter.
We screwed up the balance, now we need to manage it.