Seals aren't alone; most hunting for fur has been cut back dramatically (mink, fox, coon, bear, beaver, otter, sea otter...) Seals may have been the champion fo

Seals aren't alone; most hunting for fur has been cut back dramatically (mink, fox, coon, bear, beaver, otter, sea otter...) Seals may have been the champion for the anti-fur movements because they are cute, but to my knowledge fur in general declined because the goal (fashion) was seen as shallow, the rest of the animal was not used, and the consumers were mostly the very wealthy. We still use leather, but in the case of cows the entire animal is used and while leather is sometimes a luxury good (BMW's, couches) it is also highly functional (gloves, saddles). Which is similar to the Inuit use of seals, and as the article discussed that use has been mostly OK'd.