Sad commentary about the "new" politically correct world, isn't it? Leave local traditions alone! If these anti's would spend this money on helping humans find medical cures instead of dabbling in such "causes" that would go a long way.
Stop and think about it a second, what qualifies a person that lives in a 'playacting' world to be smarter than these residents? Nothing, but their financial clout changes everything.

Thankfully common sense still lives at this website/magazine. Recently they pointed out that even plants feel pain, yet these celebrity type do-rights eat and smoke these to their heart's content!

You go girl! I'm all for swiling Neufie Queens just Like I'm all for Inupiat Whalers. If I lived up Newfoundland way, I'd want a sealskin coat myself!
By the way, Swiling is a very dangerous activity, out on the floes of the ice. The environment itself is the challenge. As far as Hackapiks go, If I can hit a rabbit in the head and kill it to eat, then why should I see a problem with a swiling hackapik? My only concern would be the sustainability of the hunt, that enough young seals escape to ensure that the hunt can continue in future years. If the seals get scarce then pull the plug, otherwise if brave man and women go onto the ice seeking sealskins in an old traditional way, let 'em! The more power to 'em, it is hard enough to live in Newfoundland!

Sustainability of the harvest is the only issue for me. I don't think I could personally club a baby seal. A bit like drowning puppies for me. JMHO

* even better that ( not than)

Where's the photo?

What she has to say about it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvooeJY7S_c

Heres my question, what calibre would you use for a seal hunt? would you shoot them from close or from afar?

Way to go .. I'm glad she took a stand and they actually backed down as far as the comment made by the council woman that said it was for attention.. I disagree it was about this 19yr old young lady and her postion on her rights and the stand she is making on the unjustified personal attack made by a bunch of immoral self serving loons (PETA)

I won't be "clubbing my favorite baby seal with a lead-filled snowshoe" (thanks FZ) anytime soon, but I truly despise the antis' tactics and motivations. Good for her for standing up.

I have flushed better things down the toilet than PETA.

when it comes to hunting seal it was and still kinda is my primary "big game".. bring a boat, a diver with ecuipment and a 22-250 or similar in the us and here in norway where sealhunting have been internationally scorned bring a 270wsm.. i think its about perfect.. with 140 grains frangibles and exclusively headshots its lights-out from 15-300 yards.. and if u know seals enough to shoot them when they have inhaled a big lungfull of air they float for a minute or two.. :) if not, u gonna need the diver.. nothing but headshots on seals though.. blubber and strong physique will let them get back in the water and sink to theire death.. more details can be shared if wanted.. i know my stuff pretty well :P

I lived in Newfoundland for most of my formative years.
Until very recently it was an extremely difficult place to make a living. My grandfather walked over 100 miles on snowshoes in the winter to apply for a position as a sealer. He survived the terrible Newfoundland Sealing Disaster of the early 20th.century. A large numer of men died after gettimg trapped on the ice floes while sealing in the Gulf of the Saint Lawrence and got caught in a 3 day raging blizzard, most freezing to death or falling into Davy Jone's locker and drowning. My grandfather was there and survived it. He froze off all his toes from one foot and most off the other. He was about 26 years old. He was one of the lucky ones and as tuff as nails!!! A lot more survivors were more badly injured then he was!!!
Anyone who has been to Nfld. or knows someone from there
will likely tell you that we are the type of people who will really give you the shirt off our backs even though it may be the only shirt we own. Newfoundland is semi- artic and has very little good agricultural land. It is cold , has short cool summers and long cold winters often with tremendous amounts of snow. To survive in such a place one has to take any advantage that nature may provide often at great personal risk. Hunting, fishing, trapping ,picking berries and harvesting sea mammals to survive is the history of the people who live there. It may be difficult for those who don't have such a history to understand. For Greenpiece and Peta and others to label us as cruel and mislead the world for political correctness, to make money claiming the seals are on the edge of extinction is an outright lie. There are many millions of seals and they are being seen in places where they have been absent in for over 100 years.
The baby Whitecoats covered in blood on the ice make graphic pictures but this was outlawed many years ago and is illegal. Seals are shot with high powered rifles and the hunt is one of the most monitored and legislated on the planet. Still lies are submitted by those with the most to gain and the most to lose. If the truth was out there most people would not be sending donations to stop something that has not occurred for many years.
A hackapic is a pick handle with a stout metal spike on the head at a 90 degree angle. One swing drove the spike through the head of the seal puncturing and crushing the skull--not pretty but extremely effective and virtually 100 percent fatal. Seal meat is consumed as a special treat by many in Nfld and has proven health bennifits.
Many Americans remember when 911 occurred and your planes were forced to land where ever they could how the people of Gander Nfld.came to their rescue. So many Americans were taken in ,fed, clothed etc. by the residents, that to this very day friendships exist and are maintained that were created during that horiffic time. That is the type of people we are. We do not appreciate the imasges some in the Animal Rights Movements paint of us! These same organizations dare not go after Aboriginal Hunters whohunt seals as this would not be acceptable yet they persist to come after us and something we have traditionally and historically done
for over 500 years.

PETA'S latst attack in Canada was a few days ago. An
American woman creme pied our Minister of Fisheries as a protest against the Seal Hunt. She has been charged with assualt. If convicted in the courts, she could end up with a criminal record which could stop her from legally crossing into Canada again. Some have suggested PETA should be labeled as a "Terrorist" organization to prevent them from operating here. Perhaps that would be going too far. But I certainly understand the sentiment!!! I wish PETA would just be honest and quit lying about our Seal Hunt to trick people into contributing money. PETA keeps repeating the same lies over and over. The seals are in no danger of extinction from the seal harvest. The seal population has now grown to the point where they are becomming pests from the point of view of Commercial Fishermen. Seals are doing a lot of dammage to fishing gear when trying to steal fish from it. The population of seals on the East coast of Canada numbers in the many millions--- in absolutely no danger of extinction from the hunt!!!!!