The seal hunt in Canada is disturbing to say the least. I am proposing that the government of Canada bans the seal hunt from non-Inuit people. In observing four videos taken during the 2001 seal hunt in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Daoust report state, "A large proportion (87%) of the sealers recorded on the four videotapes failed to palpate the skull or check the corneal proceeding to hook or bleed the seal or go to another seal." It is illegal in Canada to hunt newborn harp seals (whitecoats) and young hooded seals (bluebacks). When the seal pups begin to molt their downy white fur at the age of 12–14 days, they are called "ragged-jacket" and can be commercially killed. The veterinarians examined 76 seal carcasses and found that in 17% of the cases, there were no detectable lesions of the skull, leading them to conclude the clubbing likely did not result in loss of consciousness. In 25% of the remaining cases, the carcasses had minimal to moderate skull fractures, indicative of a "decreased level of consciousness", but probably not unconsciousness. The fact is there is hard evidence that this is a horrible way to treat a baby animal.