Yesterday night, I stumbled upon a something both disturbing and saddening while watching the news. Hundreds of thousands of seals were killed by the Canadians for their fur and blubbers. Pictures of seal hunters swinging their weapons, whether it was a knife or harps whatever, ready to kill those poor defenceless seals were plastered all over the news. What was even more outrage was the Canadian government actually allows such inhumane actions. They actually gave a green light for almost half a million seals to be killed for their fur, pelts and blubber. The pictures that were shown was heartbreaking. The ice was dotted bloody red as a result of the mass killing of the seals at the end of the day. Those seal hunters showed no mercy at all as they brought their weapons down upon the poor creatures as if they were non-living things, nothing but a waste of space.(I actually thought of showing some pictures but decided that it is far too inconsiderate of me if i do so)
I was angry. I could not believe what i saw at first. Nowadays, people are talking about saving the endangered species of animals and now they are killing seals as if there are many of them left. Due to climate change, baby seals drown because of the melting of the icebergs, the loss of their habitat, making it harder for them to survive. Now whenever i think of animal rights and how we should protect them, I see the gruesome image of seals lying in a sea of blood on ice. Is this really how we should treat animals? NO! It is selfish and downright cruel for us to kill other creatures just to earn more money. How can they shove the money into their pockets without feeling the weight of guilt and consciences tearing them apart? I do not know. What i know is yes, there may be reasons behind their actions but i do not see how any reason can justify what they did. I hope that this cruel actions of killing and hunting down animals stops once and for all.
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