I am opposed to the proposed…

I am opposed to the proposed changes classifying double created cormorants as game birds.

The proposal current is unjustly cruel.

A tagging and population study should be conducted to ensure that the numbers would support a bag limit of 50 birds. It would be a shame to see these birds go the way of the dodo or passenger pigeon which are both extinct species due to hunting.

The changes that would allow downed birds to spoil is appalling. The last thing I would want is to be enjoying a water front with my children and find dead/ rotten birds washed ashore left to rot.

I would hope responsible hunters would not let this happen under their own accord, however; since common sense is not so common, neglecting to include in the proposal what is an acceptable, responsible practice would allow people to take advantage of the situation