The Seals of Nam
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Did you know the Namibian seal hunt is responsible for the largest slaughter of wildlife on earth? It is considered to be the most brutal of ALL culls and is officially responsible for the deaths of more seals than the Canadian cull.
85 000 baby seals still nursing from the teat get beaten to death in
Namibia each year. Their pelts are sold for a mere $7. A further 6 000 adult bull seals are shot at point blank range so that their penises can be used to make an ineffective aphrodisiac.
Cape Fur Seals are a threatened species and appear on Appendix II of CITES. The Namibian Government disregard the United Nations sanctioned regulations and have banned the media from filming the slaughter. This ban violates both Section 21(1)(a) of the Namibian constitution as well as the Windhoek Declaration, both of which guarantee freedom of the press.
The annual slaughter is in violation of Namibia's Animal Protection Act of 1962. Only 81 people are employed on a seasonal basis. They are exploited, they live in tin and cardboard shacks, can hardly feed themselves and domestic violence as well as drug and alcohol abuse is common. Beating hundreds of baby animals to death on a daily basis is an assault on their human dignity.
The Namibian Government claim the seals are responsible for a decline in Hake Stocks. Independent research shows that overfishing is directly responsible and no correlation to the seals can be drawn. Since gaining independence in 1990, the Namibian Government increased their annual fishing harvest from 300 000 tons to 600 000 tons without doing any sustainability studies.
85 000 baby seals still nursing from the teat get beaten to death in
Namibia each year. Their pelts are sold for a mere $7. A further 6 000 adult bull seals are shot at point blank range so that their penises can be used to make an ineffective aphrodisiac.
Cape Fur Seals are a threatened species and appear on Appendix II of CITES. The Namibian Government disregard the United Nations sanctioned regulations and have banned the media from filming the slaughter. This ban violates both Section 21(1)(a) of the Namibian constitution as well as the Windhoek Declaration, both of which guarantee freedom of the press.
The annual slaughter is in violation of Namibia's Animal Protection Act of 1962. Only 81 people are employed on a seasonal basis. They are exploited, they live in tin and cardboard shacks, can hardly feed themselves and domestic violence as well as drug and alcohol abuse is common. Beating hundreds of baby animals to death on a daily basis is an assault on their human dignity.
The Namibian Government claim the seals are responsible for a decline in Hake Stocks. Independent research shows that overfishing is directly responsible and no correlation to the seals can be drawn. Since gaining independence in 1990, the Namibian Government increased their annual fishing harvest from 300 000 tons to 600 000 tons without doing any sustainability studies.