I am 100% against this…

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I am 100% against this proposal. I had no idea that these "dog train and trial areas" existed at all in Ontario. Now that I do, I request that the government do the opposite of what is being proposed here: Shut down the remaining 24 sites, instead of expanding them to 90.

No dogs need to be trained to kill other animals. That's absurd. It's cruel to both the dogs and the coyotes, rabbits, and whatever other species are involved.

I am against cruelty to animal. I expect the government to have and enforce laws that prevent the cruelty to animals, not to be licensing inherently cruel activities. Worried that these activities would then "go underground"? Well, then put some money in the budget to find perpetrators and bring them to justice.

Four out five Canadians oppose hunting animals for sport. No other province allows this practice. Ontario shouldn't either.