and unfortunately, the next sea lion they are going to catch will be clubbed to death.

How is this different from killing a fish by hitting the head with a hammer and then gutting it? The only difference really is that seals have harder skulls and thus may need to be hit two or three times before they stop moving completely (the first hit probably kills 95% of them, but some still move just like a headless chicken would).

By the way, rifles are used to kill adult seals, since they move too fast on ice. But of course you don't see that because it's not "brutal" enough. What you see in the videos is always hunting of 12 to 15 days old seals who have begun molting (their pelt changes from white to grey). These can be killed with only the hakapik since they can't move fast enough to escape a killing blow.

In Norway, a veterinary must be aboard each ship. Still the Norwegian rules for seal hunting state that : "Adult seals that are more than one year old must be shot in the head with expanding bullets, and can not be clubbed to death. The hakapik shall be used to ensure that the animal is dead. This is done by crushing the skull of the shot adult seal with the short end of the hakapik, before the long spike is thrust deep into the animal's brain. The seal shall then be bled by making an incision from its jaw to the end of its sternum. The killing and bleeding must be done on the ice, and live animals may never be brought onboard the ship. Young seals may be killed using just the hakapik, but only in the before mentioned manner, i.e. they need not be shot." (From wikipedia) Also, "In 2007 the European Food Safety Agency confirmed that the animals are put to death faster and more humanely in the Norwegian sealing than in large game hunting on land." The only difference with Canada I think is that Canadian hunters don't have to bleed them on the ice.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'revolution' to 'revolution, Clubbed to Death, Rob Dougan, 00s, alex jones, commentary, voice over' - edited by Eklek

This is the Alex Jones version of
Clubbed to Death - Rob Dougan
http://www.videosift.com/video/Clubbed-to-Death-Rob-Dougan-The-Actual-Music-Video

*music

The music used in the beginning:
Clubbed to Death - Rob Dougan
http://www.videosift.com/video/Clubbed-to-Death-Rob-Dougan-The-Actual-Music-Video

love the video, but I am getting really tired of that song. "Clubbed to Death" needs to be.....well...you know.

It means clubbed as in night clubs, nobody is actually clubbed to death. Never assume anything...

This has to be one of the most overplayed tracks in the history of playing tracks. Rob D, "Clubbed to Death".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Dougan

nice dunks, cliche music though... clubbed to death has been...well... clubbed to death