Why do Inuit dogs eat seal?

Seal, ring seal in particular, is considered a "country food" and is on of the most plentiful and commonly harvested of all the marine mammal country food sources in the Canadian High Arctic. It is very nutritious and of high caloric value which is necessary for dogs (and humans) who live and work in severe polar conditions.

Seal is but one of the many responsibly harvested food sources consumed by both hard working dogs and humans who prefer nutritious traditional country foods to much of what is imported from the south.

Sue Hamilton

Editor/Publisher, The Fan Hitch, Journal of the Inuit Sled Dog International

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