If this type of training…

If this type of training really is something that is needed, which I doubt, surely dogs can be trained to track different animal species using their scents instead of actual wildlife being captured and kept in cages. The proposal does not make clear if the wild animals are killed in this alleged 'training', but even if they are not it is no doubt terrifying for them and if they are, then this is barbaric and the previous plan to phase this out completely should be continued.

Why is everything that hunting/fishing groups request of this government being accommodated without question (e.g. the previous increase in the taking of wild raptors for falconry, the cormorant hunt, etc.), but any concerns raised by people concerned about environmental issues and conservation are completely ignored regardless of the number of comments made in this registry? It appears the sentiment from Orwell's Animal Farm is very appropriate in today's Ontario: all Ontarians are equal, but some are more equal than others.

In case it is not clear, I urge the government to reject this proposal (but of course they won't).