Seals are hunted in nine countries: Canada, Denmark, Russia, the United States, Namibia, Estonia, Norway, Finland and Sweden. Most of the world's seal hunting takes place in Canada and Greenland.
Killing fur seals on St. Paul Island, Alaska Territory, 1890s
Seal skinning in the 1880s by members of the Nansen expedition to Greenland
Seal hunting in Reimerswaal
Fur seals are any of nine species of pinnipeds belonging to the genera Arctocephalus and Callorhinus. They were formerly considered members of subfamily Arctocephalinae in the family Otariidae, but th
Seal hunting
…not popularly thought of as a seal, and not considered here. The two main families of seals are the Otariidae (the eared seals; includes sea lions, and fur seals), and Phocidae (the earless seals); animals in the family Phocidae were sometimes referred to as hair seals, and are better adapted for a fully aquatic…
Antarctic Fur Seals at Stromness
Northern fur seal pups on St. Paul Island, Alaska
A fur seal at Living Coasts, sunbathing on a rock
A fur seal rookery with thousands of seals