I firmly reject the Ministry…

I firmly reject the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry’s proposal to allow new licenses and the transfer of licenses for train and trial areas in Ontario.

Hunters comprise less than 1 percent of the population and are a very small but loud and well funded minority. The majority in ontario do not want to see dogs used to harass and maime wildlife. It is unfair to be removing wildlife that others enjoy and value for the purpose of a blood sport. The other issue is that there is very little money for enforcement or policing to ensure the animals being used are caught on legal trap lines. I know personally of a hunter that lives across the road . He has hunting dogs and is catching animals on private farmland. There is not enough funding for enforcement to police what he does.

It is very likely that coyotes and foxes that are valued for there vermin control capabilities on my farm are being trapped . Just to see these animals kept in a filthy dark barn terrified waiting to be torn apart makes me wonder why this proposal is being put forward. It is simply encouraging this behaviour.There is no policing or enforcement to monitor how the trapped animals are being held. The vast majority of people want to enjoy the outdoors and the wildlife not be thinking that the coyote they have eating all the vermin and controlling pests on there farm is being trapped to use as bait for what is ultimately someones cruel entertainment.

Instead of opening new applications, the province’s existing 24 facilities need to be closed immediately.