I am appalled and ashamed that this is allowed in Canada. I thought my country was against cruelty of any kind, but apparently not. This is such a senseless and barbaric yearly tradition.
For those of you that don't know about this, every year there is a commercial (yes COMMERCIAL) seal hunt in eastern Canada where they kill (no wait kill is an understatment - they beat them to death) BABY seals for their pelts.
The Canadain government sponsors this and allows this to happen.
This years hunt is coming up soon, in about a month.
Here are some links to some more info on the hunt
http://www.hsus.org/ http://www.canadiansealhunt.com/ http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw/general/default.aspx?oid=21446