13 Facts About Seal hunting

Seal hunting, or sealing, is the personal or commercial hunting of seals.

Seal hunting is currently practiced in ten countries: United States, Canada, Namibia, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Finland and Sweden.

In Greenland, Seal hunting is done with a firearm and young are fully protected.

Large-scale commercial seal hunting became an annual event starting in 1723 and expanded rapidly near the turn of the 18th century.

Seal hunting's was ideally suited to the polar regions and worked for 10 years in the annual seal fishery in the Labrador Sea.

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However, the treaty set precedent for future national and international laws and treaties, including the Fur Seal hunting Act of 1966 and the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972.

Seal hunting skins have been used by aboriginal people for millennia to make waterproof jackets and boots, and seal fur to make fur coats.

Seal hunting meat is a source of food for residents of small coastal communities.

Seal hunting is very important to the local societies, especially small rural villages.

The Department of Tourism has stated that "Cape Cross Seal hunting Reserve was established to protect the largest breeding colony of Cape fur seals in the world".

In 2009, an unusual bid to end seal culling in Namibia was attempted when Seal hunting Alert tried to raise money to purchase the only buyer of Namibian seals, Australian-based Hatem Yavuz, lock, stock, and barrel for US$14.

In January 2000, a bill to ban seal hunting was passed by the Russian parliament by 273 votes to 1, but was vetoed by President Vladimir Putin.

Canadian seal hunting issues had been spotlighted in the months leading up to the 2010 Winter Olympics which were held in Vancouver.