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War’s boon to bachelors on Pribilof seal herd
The piece argues war improved safety for bachelor seals on Alaska’s Pribilof Islands, formerly hunted on a key fur farm. It traces the 19th century decline from about 2,000,000 to 125,000, then credits a ban on open-sea sealing and hunting of young bachelor bulls with restoring the herd to over 2,250,000.
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