Sorry, but you are the "idiot", as you so ineloquently put it. What's the difference in harvesting seals and in harvesting cod? - So harp seal pups are cuter? So what!

Maybe you're a vegetarian. If so, that's your choice. - Humans are omniverous. Most of us like to chow down on some great meat - whether it be beef, veal, pork etc (Hey, a calf or lamb is cute too) - or just an ugly pig. Should we only eat ugly animals?? LOL - I'd like to try harp seal meat. Though I'd let it stand on its own merits, either tasty or not.

What an idiot. Just amazing.

McDonald's is better? Have you seen how their cattle farms have destroyed their environments, just to supply the modern world with Quarter Pounders?

HUMANELY?!?!??!?!!?

Are you out of your bloody mind, girl? Please watch the video, and tell us what part of what you see in that video could possibly be considered HUMANE.

And no, "every 'scrap'" is NOT used, not anymore (except, perhaps, only by the northernmost Inuit).

Humanely?!?!?!?!?! I think not.

conflicting data methinks

"A 2002 report in the Canadian Veterinary Journal found that "the large majority of seals taken during this hunt … are killed in an acceptably humane manner."

This study found that 98 per cent of hunted seals it examined had been killed properly. The federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) cites this study among others as proof that the hunt opponents are wrong in their accusations of widespread cruelty.

Regarding the "skinning alive" charge, the DFO says appearances can be deceiving. "Sometimes a seal may appear to be moving after it has been killed," the DFO says. "However, seals have a swimming reflex that is active, even after death. This reflex falsely appears as though the animal is still alive when it is clearly dead — similar to the reflex in chickens."

Furthermore, the DFO says the club, or hakapik, used by many sealers is "an efficient tool" that kills "quickly and humanely." The Royal Commission on Seals and Sealing in Canada found that clubbing, when properly performed, is at least as humane as killing methods in commercial slaughterhouses. Opponents say clubbing often isn't "properly performed."

The federal government acknowledges that it has laid more than 200 charges against sealers since 1996, but argues that shows it's serious about enforcing its regulations"

I didn't say anything about which race was responsible for killing the buffalo you twit.

Why would you ruin it all by adding such a sickening photo to such a sensitive issue?

Oh please!! Did you watch the video you added? With the baby seals being brained with clubs? In the 7 pics you posted, 5 of them were "sick". Only 1/3 of mine are. I was just trying to answer some questions. Most people in America have no idea of what seal looks like outside of pictures, we have even less knowledge about what it's like as a food. I was just trying to answer the questions in the back of every meateater's mind, "What's seal meat like?" And I could have gone with a much worse photo of the end product, a seal patte on a biscuit that actually looked pretty tasty, but I chose this one instead because to even an untrained eye, this looks gross. Your photos were sickening, this doesn't look at all like a baby seal that's been beaten to death, it could be a shitty piece of beef for all you know. But just because your reaction, I think I should find that patte and see if you find that more tasteful.

I submitted the photos of the baby harp seals so people might finally get an understanding of WHOM they are eating. Sometimes that's all it takes.

"...this doesn't look at all like a baby seal that's been beaten to death, it could be a crappy piece of beef for all you know."

But you're the one who posted that meat photo!

"Oh please!! Did you watch the video you added? With the baby seals being brained with clubs? "

Of COURSE I did, because I submitted the video BECAUSE I care that damn much! And I don't make jokes about mass slaughterings, or even about the "cuteness" choices of photos. Again, people need to know whom it is they are eating.

So I must also ask you -- in all sincerity, to be sure -- why DID you post a picture of meat on a plate, alluding to its being that of a slaughtered seal?

And I also feel a need to ask why you had to give the baking temperature for seal's meat.

It's just that I am getting mixed messages from you, and if you genuinely, truly care about the terrifying slaughter processes of seals, then I beg you to please express that, and stick to that. That's MY feeling, MY wish.

I honestly cannot tell if you approve or disapprove of a ban on seal slaughter.

Because you're posting an article on people killing seals for food among other things. My original intention was to present it as unappetizing, now I'm just presenting it. This is how the seals are being processed and eaten. And I'm not alluding to it being slaughtered seal, it IS slaughtered seal, it's a slab of meat being prepared for a meal at this point. I'm surprised at your reaction in all honesty, because what you posted was far more graphic and disturbing.
As for why this my seem contradictory: I like animals, but I also eat them AND I'm a cook. I'm interested in all foods from all cultures. Sue me. And from what I read on this issue so far, I'm for the ban because it also included an exception for the native cultures that rely on seal still.

Where did I joke about mass slaughterings?
And what's so wrong with thinking they're cute? Even baby naked mole rats are cute, and I just love larvae. I could just eat them up!
;P
PS. Don't pretend you didn't want to know what eating seal would be like. Just because I'm the only person with enough balls to post it doesn't mean I was the only one to wonder about it.

And trying to kill a culture that goes back hundreds of years.

Uni pushing peta is making you look like a rear end in a top hat.

We said the same about buffalo, and they would extinct today if we tree huggers didn't ban together to stop the systematic slaughter of the buffalo for their skins and tongues. I understand 6th grade history is a bit much, but stick with it!

this is hardly a systematic slaughter. they simply put out a quota of 100 000 to 300 000 seals each year depending on the conditions and based on the advice of enviromentalists. Enough to keep the population level.

Game. If for no other reason then it's cooking temp, which I would guess to be at about 145F, seafood cooks at 135F.

How pleasantly intelligent and mature... and KIND... of you.

THIS, obviously, is not NATURE at work, nor is it natural.

Thanks ever for your hatred.

impying its not natural to hunt and eat of the land? you know we are animals right? animals that have canines? animals that have only been farming for a small part of our history? it is more natureal to hunt of the land and eat then 1.)being a vegan 2.) eating food from a supermarket. this is completely natural. They don't even use guns, just clubs like the old days.

No, they use guns too, which you would know if you watched the video. And sure, I have canines, I'm not a vegan or a vegetarian, I like my meat, but this is wasteful. Most of these babies aren't even being eaten, but are killed for their skins, which is nothing new for us humans, but it is something that only humans do. What other animal do you know of that will systematically hunt down and kill it's prey, then not even make full use of it? The ban in question isn't going to eliminate the seal hunt, just limit it to the people who actually need the seal hunt to live, which sounds more in line with the hunter mentality that you seem to support so strongly.
And being a vegan is more natural then the lifestyle of pretty much every other diet related group, they only eat organic foods which is as natural as you can get moron.

They DO use guns. They use both weapons. You obviously didn't watch the video before jumping in.

And of course, the killing I'M talking about is the kind done not with one's bare hands, but you know that, too. And the seal pup killing is for their skins, not their "meat." You just like to antagonize.

That old "canines" argument is so effing boring, I'm telling you. If we used our canines the way you're suggesting they were designed, they'd all have ripped out from trying to tear up skin and meat impossible to bite into.

You simply like to argue, so I can't go further with you. You're an unfortunate person in that you have this perverse need to incite, and it makes you so incredibly unappealing.

its illegal to hunt whitecoats, and it has been since 1987

This video made me vomit a little.