No wonder Canadian officials have vowed to clean up this year's hunt by banning the use of the club with a hook on one end called a hakapik "on seals more than a year old who have not already been shot." Chicago Furrier Pleads Guilty to Running Drug Operation

The seals are either shot or hit over the head with a spiked club called a hakapik, which critics say is cruel. Latest News - Yahoo!7 News

On Saturday Canada issued new regulations for its annual seal slaughter, banning the skinning of live seals and forbidding the use of the spiked weapon called a hakapik on seals over one-year-old. Planetsave

On Saturday Canada issued new regulations for its annual seal slaughter, banning the skinning of live seals and forbidding the use of the spiked weapon called a hakapik on seals over one-year-old. Planetsave

On Saturday Canada issued new regulations for its annual seal slaughter, banning the skinning of live seals and forbidding the use of the spiked weapon called a hakapik on seals over one-year-old. Planetsave

The "hakapik" sounds especially brutal, no doubt, but otherwise it hardly sounds much different than the large scale methods used in the slaughterhouse factories. AMERICAblog News

Some seals are killed with a blow to the head using a wooden club or hakapik. The International Fund For Animal Welfare Asks For Your Help At StopTheSealHunt.org

Here in Norway, a hakapik is used, which, in one blow, kills the seal instantly and painlessly. Donald where's yer sporran?

The Sir Robert Bond Papers: More than one use for a hakapik, apparently skip to main More than one use for a hakapik, apparently