Cape Cross Seal Reserve is situated 150 kilometres north of Swakopmund on the west coast of Namibia.
The reserve is the home of one of the largest colonies of Cape Fur Seals in the world.
The seals are clubbed to death every year from 1 July to 30 November.
The beach opens 2 hours later (at 10 o'clock instead 8 o'clock) to allow for the seal corpses to be taken away and the blood to be hidden or cleaned so that tourists don't see the carnage.
Questa foto di Cape Cross è offerta da TripAdvisor.
Despite repeated attempts by animal rights activists to have the "culling" stopped, the government of Namibia refuses to end the practice, claiming that it supports up to 150 clubbers.
In 2011 South African activists launched a campaign to boycott Namibian products, having run out of other options to try to end the slaughter.
Questa foto di Cape Cross è offerta da TripAdvisor.
Nessun commento:
Posta un commento