Seal hunting isn't a new materialistic invention as it seems someone is thinking here. The eskimos have done it for hundreds of years. And why is killing other kinds of animal for their fur more acceptable?

For most of us there might not be a identifiable need for seal products(meat or other), but this might be the livelihood of some people and if that is coorect then there obviously is a market for the products somewhere.

I think we probably all will agree that seal hunting in itself is not a "good" thing, but lets face it, so is a lot of other things that we still accept.

Just remember that it is a lot easier to be negative to something that isn't part of our own culture and that happens far away. Comparable things that happen closer to home, and that is an accepted, or integral, part of our own culture, is not so easy or covenient to be negative towards.