No damage whatever is done to the herd by the carefully regulated killing on land; the custom of pelagic sealing is solely responsible for all of the present evil, and is alike indefensible from the economic standpoint and from the standpoint of humanity.
Roosevelt emphasizes the importance of regulated land sealing over the harmful practice of pelagic sealing for seal populations.
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