Canada's commercial seal hunt has been a source of debate
for over thirty years, but few people have ever witnessed the
hunt as it happens or evaluated fundamental data about seals
and sealing.
加拿大出于商业目的猎杀海豹已经争论了三十多年，但是当猎杀发生
的时候，很少有人曾经目击过此过程或是对关于海豹和海豹猎杀的原始数
据加以分析和鉴定。
Today's Entry: Friday, March 31, 2000 The Hunt
Begins (2)
How close is the sealing vessel to her when she is shot? How easy
is it for the hunter to hop off his boat, make his way across the broken-up
pans to collect her? Will the hunter pass her by to get another seal before
coming back for her?
Will he club her on the head and ensure that she is dead when
he does reach her - or will he hook her through the skull like a fish
and drag her back to the boat on his hakapik while she is still alive?
中了枪尚未死去的海豹在垂死挣扎着，终结此痛苦过程的不定因素有上面所说的：猎捕
海豹船距离海豹多近时向她射击的；猎杀者离开其乘船、从碎裂的冰块中行进到垂死海豹
前捡取她容易与否；是否猎人要先把她留那里等到猎取了另一个后再说。是否猎杀者在到
她面前时给以棒击以确保她已经死亡或是在她仍然活着时象钩鱼一样用他们的hakapik钩着她的颅骨拖回他们的乘船。
Those of us who advocate an end to this grisly business are frequently
met with a series of pat arguments from those who defend the hunt. One
of the most common is that this hunt is no crueler than other hunts, or
that it is no different than the way that animals that are raised domestically
for food are killed. Without commenting here on other hunts or the practices
inside slaughterhouses, I'll tell you with utter confidence that this
hunt is very different. The conditions under which the animals are hunted
make it different. The level of activity required in order to make a buck
at it makes it different, as sealers scramble from pan to pan, trying
to kill as many animals as possible as quickly as possible. The fact that
it happens in virtual secrecy makes it different. The fact that hunters
will violate what slim regulations do exist with almost certain impunity
as the government refuses to adequately monitor and enforce it makes it
different. 当我们提倡终止这种可怕的商业行为时，常会遇到一系列的、来自保护此猎捕业的人为的争论。最常见的一个理由是此项猎杀没有其他的猎杀残忍，或者说是猎杀海豹和杀死人自己喂养的、用于食用目的的家畜没有什么不一样。不想在此评论其他猎捕或是屠宰场内的事实。有绝对的理由告诉大家这种猎杀是完全不同的。在那种条件下的捕猎造成这是截然不同的现实。这种猎杀者违犯微细法则而基本未受任何惩罚的事实是确实存在的，由于政府拒绝充分监督和加强管理使此猎杀变得不一样。
Speaking personally, the tremendous sense of tragedy, sadness
and shame that I feel when I bear witness to the ritual disrespect and
cruelty visited on these creatures is also singular. I do believe that
this hunt is unsustainable and that it will never be economically viable,
but it is the differences described above that strike me most at this
time of year. 个人角度来讲，当作者作为目击者看到如此不尊敬和残酷得对待这些生命时感到巨大的
悲剧、悲愤和耻辱！作者认为这种猎杀绝对是不可容忍的，同时这种行为从经济学角度也
将是从来都不可行的，但对于上面所描述的最震惊作者行为的施行者而言则截然不同。
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How close is the sealing vessel to her when she is shot? How easy
is it for the hunter to hop off his boat, make his way across the broken-up
pans to collect her? Will the hunter pass her by to get another seal before
coming back for her? 
Those of us who advocate an end to this grisly business are frequently
met with a series of pat arguments from those who defend the hunt. One
of the most common is that this hunt is no crueler than other hunts, or
that it is no different than the way that animals that are raised domestically
for food are killed. Without commenting here on other hunts or the practices
inside slaughterhouses, I'll tell you with utter confidence that 
this
hunt is very different. The conditions under which the animals are hunted
make it different. The level of activity required in order to make a buck
at it makes it different, as sealers scramble from pan to pan, trying
to kill as many animals as possible as quickly as possible. The fact that
it happens in virtual secrecy makes it different. The fact that hunters
will violate what slim regulations do exist with almost certain impunity
as the government refuses to adequately monitor and enforce it makes it
different. 
Speaking personally, the tremendous sense of tragedy, sadness
and shame that I feel when I bear witness to the ritual disrespect and
cruelty visited on these creatures is also singular. I do believe that
this hunt is unsustainable and that it will never be economically viable,
but it is the differences described above that strike me most at this
time of year. 
