Its part of the fishery. Are you going to cry for the fish too?

Its pretty easy for urbanites who shop at Safeway to condemn the seal hunt when they know absolutely nothing about depending on hunting and fishing as a way of life. If you have a house and a job to offer, maybe you can help these outporters to relocate but to mess with another person's traditional, livelihood just doesn't seem right. I don't think these people have ever threatened you or your livelihood in any way. Its not like this is some kind of sport.   

I could never club a seal and won't wear the fur but I just don't feel the same outrage that I do about children being killed in war, or from disease or famine. I am also far more alarmed by the condition of stock animals and animals that are killed by trophy hunter.

Its a matter of priorities. Maybe seals are more important to some people. My guess is that the people who are concerned about the seal population, are people who are not living around them and have no idea how invasive seals can be. Its sort of like being overly sentimental about possum or pidgeons or rats. Baby seals just happen to be cuter than the average animal.