I agree that's not our area of expertise, but I also agree with your assessment that it poses a danger and that it is an incendiary point that is likely to worsen. There was a lot more Zodiac activity and that kind of thing this year. That interferes with enforcement within the hunt because the officers are trying to monitor the interaction between sealers and protestors and keep the protestors from getting hurt or getting too much in the way, so they have less time for actually monitoring and enforcing regulations within the hunt. It definitely has an impact on the animals' welfare.
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