I am strongly opposed to the…

I am strongly opposed to the Proposal to allow the issuance of licences for new dog train and trial areas and the transfer of licences.

This proposal is barbaric. I am a dog owner and the idea that another animal is held captive and then used as bait for 'training purposes' is wrong. Why are these captive animals allowed to suffer (and being pursued with no means of escape is suffering), just for the amusement of hunting dog owners.

To state that foxes, coyotes, rabbits come from "sustainable populations and that the government has no concerns" about using these animals, is repugnant. To allow deliberate cruelty to any animal is offensive, and that this government would consider expanding this action is beyond any civil society norms.

Instead of issuing new licences, the government should be looking at phasing out this practice as was originally intended.