Seal Sorrow: 90,000 Seals To Be Clubbed To Death

JOHANNESBURG — Namibia’s annual commercial seal hunt will go on despite objections by animal welfare groups, a government official said Monday. Frans Tsheehama of the Namibian fisheries and marine resources ministry said that the season started on July 1 and will run until Nov. 15. Hunters are expected to club over 90,000 seals, including 85,000 pups. The hunt was expected to begin last week, but there was confusion over whether the killings had begun after numerous media reports

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