This proposal would allow…

The Double-crested Cormorant is a native species to Ontario whose population has only recently recovered from human persecution and pollution-induced declines. The government's proposal would allow individuals to hunt and kill up to 50 cormorants a day, for nine months out of the year. This could eradicate the species from the Great Lakes in a single year. I am afraid that this will result in a situation similar to that of the passenger pigeon, originally thought to be overabundant, which is now extinct.