Baby Seal
Last week a young seal died on the beach at Egmont.
Friends pointed him out to me, as he flippered his way up onto the warm rocks with his big black eyes glistening in the sun. We could see an infected gash on his shoulder and it was oozing. He obviously was very, very sick and lay dying in the warm afternoon sun.
We discussed the options and soon realized mother nature would take care of him. It's illegal to harm the seals, even if they are suffering - so we couldn't put him out of his misery. It wasn't realistic to try to help him in any way so we left him.
After he died, our friend had a closer look and discovered what appeared to be a bullet hole on the side opposite the gash. Yes, seal populations are increasing dramatically and they are a nuisance to the fishermen, but shooting a seal then leaving it to die a slow, painful death is extremely cruel.
We pushed his little body into the water, letting it drift away on the tide.
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That's so sad... it must have been heart-breaking to watch him dying. Yes I know people have to protect their livelihoods, but is it really necessary to kill animals inhumanely, if at all?
As humans we are so used to other creatures not being able to fight back. We just seem to kill needlessly for our own ends.
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seals are unharmful animals in fact they are friendly creatures.. so why shoot em? or they are not thinking what they doin..
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