TIL When killing a seal in Canada, it is required by law to hit it on the head with a club or a hakapik until both sides of the skull are fully crushed to ensure that it is unconscious or dead (even if they usually die from the initial hit or [obligatory point blank] shot). They rarely suffer
https://jenshears.com/blog/f/the-seal-hunt
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