Seal slaughter - Callous act of savagery unjustifiable

BARBARISM is the only word to describe the slaughter of seals on the Blasket Islands.

Inevitably, salmon fishermen are being blamed as they are the only sector competing directly with seals in the food chain.

Arguably, the steady decline of salmon in Irish waters is more attributable to the activities of drift net fishermen than the natural predation of seals on migrating fish. Ireland is one of the last countries in Europe where drift nets are still used to catch salmon.