seals being marine mammals, attract sympathy from many people and there would be wide support for the proposition that they should not be killed for food except in those sparsely populated areas where they have traditionally been an important part of the diet of the indigenous peoples. Among such people are the Inuit (formerly called Eskimos) in the far north; see inuit cookery. The same applies in the Antarctic, except that in the absence of indigenous populations, the privilege is reserved for explorers and research personnel; see antarctica for a few details about eating seals there.
