What do people think would happen to the deer population here in the US if we outlawed the hunting of deer? And the question that goes with that is; why are the people who are protesting the seal hunt not also protesting the deer hunt? In the 2006 - 2007 hunting season, 237,316 deer were killed in Ohio alone. The entire quota for seals in Canada for 2008 is 275,000.

Humans have created a situation in which we are now the top predator in the food chain. The number of other predators has been severely reduced, and now it is we who have to fill that niche for many species. This is certainly true for deer, and it is true also for the seals that inhabit places like eastern Canada.

Who among you is going to call for an end to the deer slaughter?