The threats that both species have in common seem to be Climate Change, Hunting, Chemical contamination/pollution and Oil exploration. Of course there are still many other threats to these species, however, I will be concentrating on one that they have in common.

Hunting would be an obvious one for harp seals as they are most known for having their babies slaughtered for their perfect white fur. However, this is not the most important threat as the numbers are regulated (for the most part). Also, it could be hard conveying the subject to kids while keeping it kid friendly and there isn’t anything that kids could do about it immediately.

Climate change and pollution seem to be the most important issues to me as this is a topic heavily discussed in the media at the moment (Fridays for Future) and has always been a topic that I have been interested in and that I kept protesting against.  It is also something that children and students can directly do something against and therefore seems to be the perfect focus for my animation.