The Positive Effects Of The Anti-Seal Hunting Movement

Do people ever wonder what it would feel like to be ignored in a situation that immensely effects you? Well, this is exactly how the Inuit feel about the anti-seal hunting movement. For some people staying alive means working a 9-5 job, going to the store to buy food, and going shopping to get clothing, but for the Inuit, this means seal hunting. Inuit people are very purposeful and tend to use all parts of the seal, as a quintessential part to Inuit’s economy and livelihood is seal hunting, and the Inuit have relied on the resources that the Arctic region has provided for them for a very long time. The time is now to shed a new light on seal hunting and the positive effects it brings to many groups. (transitional sentence Inuit seal
On sealingnunuvat.ca it says “Sealing is not simply about the hunt; it’s about gaining first-hand knowledge of wildlife and the environment, sharing food among the community, preparing skins for clothing, preserving traditional skills, transferring knowledge from elders to youth, and celebrating Inuit cultural values.” Also, according to an education piece released by eduplace, the Inuit have relied on the Arctic resources for more than 4,000 years. Seal hunting is not just the act of killing a seal as there is so much more history behind it. It the passing of knowledge through generations whether through hunting or clothe making. In the movie Angry Inuk, there is a scene where a man has a flashback to when he was younger and there was an older lady who used to watch him and he asked her if there was anything he could do in return as a payment. And as the scene progressed on the lady replied to him, “Do not offer anything in return, but become a good hunter and provide for others in the community.” This sense of community is brought to those of the arctic regions because of seal hunting. When a seal is killed after the hunter has taken their share, the seal is brought into the public area and is distributed among all the families their free of charge. People in Nunavut have been living in those regions
The positive benefits it has to the economy and well being of the people of the Arctic region is clear. Also how it is embedded in their tradition and tradition and lastly, how they do not waste much of the seal. Seal hunting is just the way Inuit people and other seal hunters are able to survive, just like everyone else who works a job, and does whatever it means to stay alive and for them, it means seal hunting. So the time is now for a new model of animal