Should have been more clear. I'm specifically referring to the Harp seal, which is the seal used by Greenpeace in their marketing and the one affected by the EU seal hunting ban. As of 2018 their population was a little under 8 million, around 8x their population at the end of the 70s. Inuit communities have been decimated as a result of the harp seal hunting ban thanks to perceptions by dipshit Westerners of them as "the eskimo in the igloo", removed from the global economy. Watch the documentary "Angry Inuk", it's a good insight into the way that animal rights activism is often coopted into a grift at the expense of Indigenous communities.
Way to talk out of your ass. 10 of the 34 seal species are classified as threatened with some having less than 500 individuals left.
Should have been more clear. I'm specifically referring to the Harp seal, which is the seal used by Greenpeace in their marketing and the one affected by the EU seal hunting ban. As of 2018 their population was a little under 8 million, around 8x their population at the end of the 70s. Inuit communities have been decimated as a result of the harp seal hunting ban thanks to perceptions by dipshit Westerners of them as "the eskimo in the igloo", removed from the global economy. Watch the documentary "Angry Inuk", it's a good insight into the way that animal rights activism is often coopted into a grift at the expense of Indigenous communities.
Thanks for the recommendation, I'll check that out