Definitions
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- noun a
hunting implement used bysealers tobludgeon seals and drag theircarcasses to thesealing boat ; a longpole with apick andhammer on the end.
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Examples
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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
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The seals are either shot or hit over the head with a spiked club called a hakapik, which critics say is cruel.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Here in Norway, a hakapik is used, which, in one blow, kills the seal instantly and painlessly.
Donald where's yer sporran? Jeff 2009
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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
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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
adoarns commented on the word hakapik
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