I see this thread potentially going off-topic very quickly and I don't want that to happen, but I will briefly chime in and add a couple points.

Indigenous harvesting of seal skin is one thing, Canuck. A multi-national corporation such as Carino LTD "harvesting" seal skin with no respect for the natural ecosystem or the the welfare of the animals they use is quite another.

Scotcop, you're correct and it's unfortunate that preference is given to one animal and not another by the general public whose opinions are manipulated by people with their own agendas. My word for that type of thinking is speciesism.