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Seals on the Menu?

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Should seals be on the menu? Well a Canadian restaurant on Vancouver Island (Edible Canada) seems to think so.

I think that seals, an important part of Canadian cuisine, should be sold. On two conditions. EVERY part of the seal gets used and that we CONTROL how much we take. If we don’t use every part of the seal then who knows where it goes! It could go to the ocean, landfills and who knows where else. And if we don’t control how much we take seals could become extinct or endangered.

Also the government only let’s us harvest 400,000 a year and on average we only take 350,000. More than one million seals have been slaughtered in the past five years alone. The last time seals were killed at this rate the harp seal population was reduced by as much as two thirds.

Some people have their reasons for not eating seal, religion or because seals have a chance of being extinct, but “Because they’re cute” is not a valid one. All animals have feelings but that doesn’t stop us from eating cows, pigs, or chickens. The idea of just not eating seals or any food on the basis that it’s cute doesn’t make any sense.

If you want to learn more on the subject then go to these links: Vancouver Sun, CTV, Vancouver Humane Society

So, yes, seals should be on the menu. Thank you for reading my views on the subject.

Seal as a Meal

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We eat cows, pigs, chickens and other animals. Why should eating seal be any different? I think it is okay to eat seals even though other people might disagree. Other people and animals eat seal in the world. It is part of Inuit peoples food chain, but it could wipe out the animal’s population. Even though it is not common to eat seal where we come from, it might be for another culture and region. For Inuit people, they rely on seals every day. Not everywhere on Earth has chickens, cows, pigs, etc. They have to work with what they have. In order to survive, they eat seal meat and their eyeballs as nourishment. Even though more than a thousand seals have been killed for basic survival, 41,700,000 cows are killed each each year for our survival. There is a choice on whether you want to eat something or not. Even though you do not agree, we have our own opinions on what we want to do. Yes, it is cruel to eat seal, but it is for our own good.

seals on the menu

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You Should Absolutely Not Have Seals On The Restaurant Menu                             

 

             

Reason 1.there are not that many types of seals

Example – Harp seals could become extinct

Reason 2. If you kill a seal what will you do with the other parts

Example – the blood

Reason 3.people usually use seals for their other parts but they won’t be able to if the restaurants take them all

Example – the skin

And that’s why we should never ever have seals on the menu!   

 

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Seals

Seals should not be eaten in restaurants because they are living creatures and they might get extinct. But if you do kill seal you should not just eat it but make a coat or shoes. So you youse all of the seal. Instead of just using the meat. I think you should eat seal only if you absolutely need to. Like the inuit they need to eat seal orn they will die. And they also respect the animal. And they use all the the animal not just the meet but the fur and the fat too. So they make coats and shoes so they won’t survive.