"For centuries, seal hunting has been an integral part of the culture for many Inuit and local communities living in the High North. I believe we should ensure that sealing remains an important source of employment and income, especially in the most remote areas like the Arctic."
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"The fur industry has been on its knees since the 1980s and will never recover because every day, more and more people learn that every coat, trim or trinket made from real fur is a product of the intense suffering of animals"
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"The seal ban is hurting the indigious people because 'The white man' did not bother to think this time either."
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"Most people who use fur do it from motivations that I do not agree with: Vanity, sense of luxury, or that it makes them feel happy or it feels soft. I do not want to take more lives than I really have to, especially, when we have other options."
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"The luxury argument is very problematic if it is used in a context where it is allowed to keep animals for the production of food, but not for fur. If luxury means something we can live without, I find it very hard to follow the argument, since we can also live without meat and other animal based food products."
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"Fur is a luxury product, but we use animals for human purposes and there is nothing wrong with that. There is a freedom of choice and I respect people who think fur is unnecessary. They have the right not to buy it."
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