The biggest seal product users says Sea Shepherd are Norway, Russia, Eastern Europe, Japan and China where seal penis is also used as a "cure" for impotence.
There is also a growing market for seal oil which is sold by companies like Barry Group, Inc. and Costco as a health supplement despite its high PCB, mercury, arsenic, and DDT content, says Sea Shepherd.
Fashion houses Prada, Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci and Versace have also found a place for the clubbed and often skinned alive seals in their fashion lines.
Back at the Fur Institute of Canada's party, Mark Small a 27 year sealer who is Michelle and Randy Dawe's uncle, gives a pre hunt pep talk.
"I want to say to the protest movement today, we are not dead. We are on our way up. People think we got a dying community, but you go down on that wharf and we got pride," he says.
But he stopped to issue a warning.
"The eyes of the world are upon us and when you go to the ice, be a professional."
I thought the culling of seals was done to save the fish stock. My understanding was that with the fishing industry in so much trouble having that many seals competeing for what fish are still around would probably result in the destruction of the industry. Am I wrong in that understanding?
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on Sunday, March 23, 2008 at 1:08:33 PM
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