No training requirement It does not appear that the government is prepared to make mandatory training a condition of the commercial sealing license, despite ample evidence that many hunters lack the necessary skills to minimize suffering. This will allow untrained and inexperienced sealers to continue their inhumane conduct on the ice. The proposed regulatory changes will not contribute meaningfully to cleaning up the worst cruelty in the commercial sealing industry. To make a difference, the proposed Regulations must require that sealers check to ensure that each animal is dead immediately after being struck, whether by gun or otherwise, before proceeding to strike the next seal, in order to satisfy the requirements of the Criminal Code and to meet the standard established in agriculture by federal and provincial slaughter regulations. Please also copy your letter to the CFHS and CVMA offices.
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