AITA for calling my daughter “Cruella Deville” after she told me she wouldn’t mind owning real fur?

“Club baby seals” Please educate yourself on the seal hunt. I was born and grew up in Newfoundland and Labrador Canada. I hunted seals as a teenager. I can guarantee for at least the last 60 years 90% of seals in the North Atlantic have been killed by bullet, and even when clubbed they were killed with hackapicks which are literally only seconds longer of a death compared to a firearm.

The department of Fisheries and oceans which is where my Wife whom is a lifelong marine biologist works helps set quotas for things like seals. Every year since 2004 the quota is increased by the tens of thousands because of animal rights groups protesting the seal hunt, often times spreading propaganda. The seal population is far too high at the moment and it’s drastically effecting cod stocks which have been a problem in NL since the 50s. The seal industry is sustainable, and necessary, not only for the small local economies in Newfoundland and Labrador but also for the marine environment at large.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_hunting

https://waves-vagues.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/Library/349418.pdf

https://lop.parl.ca/sites/PublicWebsite/default/en_CA/ResearchPublications/201718E

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5262348

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