Definitions

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  • noun a hunting implement used by sealers to bludgeon seals and drag their carcasses to the sealing boat; a long pole with a pick and hammer on the end.

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Examples

  • 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 2009

  • 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 2010

  • 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 2009

  • 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 2009

  • 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 2009

  • 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 Chris in Paris 2010

  • 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 2007

  • Here in Norway, a hakapik is used, which, in one blow, kills the seal instantly and painlessly.

    Donald where's yer sporran? Jeff 2009

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

    More than one use for a hakapik, apparently Ed Hollett 2007

  • The hakapik is to be banned because it looks bad, because it allows anti-seal hunt protesters to get visuals for their campaign.

    Archive 2006-09-01 Ed Hollett 2006

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  • NOR, denotes a seal club, often equipped with a hook at the business end with which to haul away the seal carcass after clubbing.

    December 31, 2007