From what I understand, the ban on clubbing baby seals is still in effect like it always was .... however, most people misunderstood it. It never banned killed baby seals per se ... it banned killing unweaned baby seals. And, because seal milk is so rich, baby seals nurse for only something like two weeks, during which time they are cute and white. This was the uproar in the past ... killing cute furry, nursing babies. However, as soon as the seal is weaned and begans to shed it's white furry coat, it is legal to kill.
I find it deplorable and sad as well.
However ... the seal population is HUGE, so the ban must have cut down on some killing, at any rate.
It's the age-old debate .... senseless slaughter or sustainable resource. Some people would argue that killing a seal for fur and meat is no different than killing a cow for leather and meat.
There was a good article about these issues in National Geographic either last month or the month before.
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