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Originally Posted by MakeMeGrrrrowl
Populations have to be culled sometimes. I don't think anyone would argue that, I think the arguable fact is the brutal manner in which it's done. Instead of one shot, they beat them in the head until they are dead. There's just no need for it. I'm guessing that just doesn't make them as valuable and so they'll just keep being barbaric because it's worth more that way.
How you can look these animals in the eyes and beat them to death, hundreds of times over is just terrible.
That is not a man I would want to lie down with at night. Ever.
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The tool they use is called a hakapik and is crafted to kill them really fast.
''A hakapik is an efficient tool designed to harvest the animal quickly and humanely. Veterinarians have found that the hakapik, when properly used, is at least as humane as, and often more humane than, the killing methods used in commercial slaughterhouses, which are accepted by the majority of the public.
The Marine Mammal Regulations stipulate that only high-powered rifles, shotguns firing slugs, clubs or hakapiks may be used in the seal harvest. All these methods are considered by experts to be humane.''