sealfies ellen degeneres seal hunt Seal hunt supporters will not take Ellen DeGeneress opposition lying down. First, a Newfoundland artist carved the daytime TV hosts face into a sealskin pelt. Now, Inuit are striking back against her with #Sealfies, in which people tweet pictures of themselves in sealskin furs to counter DeGeneress activism against what she calls one of the most atrocious and inhumane acts against animals allowed by any government. The protest was promoted early on by Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, an Inuk filmmaker from Iqaluit, Nunavut. Though she considers herself an Ellen fan, she was disappointed when she requested that Samsung donate $1.5 million to the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), an organization that is vocally opposed to the seal hunt, after she took the record-breaking Oscars selfie with one of the tech giants phones. In a blog post on Wednesday, Arnaquq-Baril encouraged people to take pictures of themselves wearing sealskins and to tweet them at DeGeneress Twitter account with the #Sealfie hashtag. Seal meat is a staple food for Inuit and they should have the right to make a living off their animals just like anyone else, she told The Canadian Press. Meanwhile, in an interview with QMI Agency, Inuk seamstress Sandi Vincent challenged DeGeneress assertion that hunting seals is inhumane. In Inuit culture, it is believed seals and other animals have souls and offer themselves to you. Humanely and with gratitude we accepted this gift, she said. The hashtag has generated over 100 tweets. Most participants posted photos of themselves wearing sealskin clothing: Others posted pictures of themselves harvesting seals: In Iqaluit, over two dozen people gathered at the Four Corners to take a Sealfie together on Thursday, CBC News reported:
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