Dastardly Seal Hunters Die After Boat Flips in Rough Water- No Miracle Seals Come to the Rescue

Karma can be a bitch sometimes.

Breitbart has it:

The annual Canadian seal hunt was marred Saturday by a boat accident in the ice-covered Gulf of St. Lawrence that killed members of the boat’s crew, officials said.

“There have been fatalities,” fisheries department spokesman Michel Plamondon said, but a precise casualty figure was not available.

Rescue teams recovered three bodies and another person was still missing in the waters north of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canadian media reported.

The fishing boat carrying seal hunters from the Magdalen islands capsized before dawn Saturday off Canada’s east coast, Plamondon said. CBC television reported six men were on the boat, and two have been rescued.

The boat flipped over while it was being towed back to port by the Canadian coast guard after encountering steering problems, according to local television reports.

Local radio, citing the coast guard, said the accident occurred at 1:00 am Saturday morning.

The boat, L’Acadia, was on its way to the seal herds when it lost a rudder, prompting an SOS appeal to the coast guard.

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