Hunters set to begin world’s biggest seal cull
The cull is expected to bring poor coastal communities around €13 million in much-needed revenue but has been condemned by animal rights activists.
The contentious harp seal hunt, the target of protests since the 1960s, begins about two weeks after the seal pups are born and their fur changes from white to grey. Animal rights activists say the pups are clubbed to death and often skinned alive, but sealers and government officials who monitor the hunt insist the pups die instantly.
