What has caused the harp seal to be endangered?

Answer 1

There are 28 subspecies of Seals listed by the IUCN Red List. Their status ranges from "data deficient" to critically endangered" with the population trends decreasing.

However, the Harp Seal is listed, but not as "endangered". It is posted with a status of "least concern", and it's listed population trend is "increasing". They are posted with a species review requested for reassessment within the next 10 years, mainly due to environmental factors.

The Harp Seal is not listed at all, on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Species Endangered Species List. For more details, please see sites listed below.

There are increasing concerns, however, that harp seal pups have suffered mass mortality due to global warming.The List of endangered Species is not set in stone; it is dynamic, Constantly changing due to animal populations that increase or decrease over time.

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Answer 2

They are NOT an Endangered Species. They have a listing, but it is Least Concern. Which means their population is growing. The Canadian herd alone has almost 6 MILLION and is increasing each year. Scandinavia and Russia also have Harp seal herds which are not endangered either. The idea that they are or were an Endangered Species was started by Animal Rights fundraisers to dupe the public into sending them money. Seal species which are truly Endangered do not receive any help or support from the AR groups. While campaigning for the Harps the Caribbean Monk seal went extinct without a word from the "seal savers".

Answer 3

No. They are not endangered, in fact they are listed as a species of "least concern" with numbers actually increasing. The concept of their being endangered is a lie, aimed specifically at fundraising for special-interest groups who oppose the seal hunt. The hunt, in fact, helps to maintain herd numbers at sustainable levels for the benefit of the species.

Answer 4

They are not endangered, in fact they are one of the most numerous marine mammal in the Northern Hemisphere and do not appear on any official list of endangered or threatened species.

Answer 5

The harp seal starts out as an adorable little white ball of fur. They are endangered because for years hunters and poachers have been slaughtering them for their soft white coats.

Answer 6

people were killing the seals to get there meat and there fur

Answer 7

Only if people keep attacking or clubbing the seals then, yes they will become extinct. But mostly the public doesn't want them to so please campaign STOP THE CLUBBING THE SEALS.

Answer 8

No, they are not endangered.

Answer 9

yes