The Hunt

Being Canadian, the one issue that raises it's head every now-and-then is the seal hunt and it's an issue where most people's gut response is "oh it's barbaric and it should be stopped". I honestly view the hunting and killing of seals in the same light as I see the raising and killing of cattle. However I will add that the seal hunt is not supervised as much as it should be, some seals are still being skinned while conscious, and that has got to stop. The standards have to be raised on how the animals are put down. If the animals suffer in agony than the practices of how they are hunted need to be updated.
I also don't understand the whole logic behind why people are so against the seal hunt. Think about it: The only reason MOST people are so invested in stopping it, is because the seals look like adorable puppies. If they looked like giant crustaceans (See the pic above) than we wouldn't even be having this discussion. Do you see people protesting the crab or lobster hunt with the same effort? Do people care about the suffering the lobsters go through when they are caught in those cages? NO of course not, at least not at the same level, because lobsters and crabs are hideous creatures. I know that some seals suffer at the hands of insensitive hunters and I already said that has to stop, update the procedure to ensure a quick and painless death. I know that the process in industrialized, but as long as they are not being hunted to extinction than how is the killing of seals any different than that of any other animal we hunt?
To tell people "Oh these seals look adorable, so you people over there should change your whole way of life, and just forget your traditions because I can't stand the thought of these seals dying" would be very arrogant. I know people would say "Well if people had the tradition of killing and eating humans, should we not protest that either?" and that is a straw man argument. Of course killing people is unacceptable, so save it. Then there are people who say that killing ANY animal is unnecessary and barbaric, but that's a whole different issue, and there's no pleasing those people.