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Good Morning,
Firstly, I agree with the decision to open a season on the double-crested cormorant as I do feel that the population needs to be controlled. We all know that their nesting colonies can be very destructive to vegetation and therefore have a negative impact to multiple species of wildlife.
However, I do have concerns with the season length 9.5 months including the nesting season. If this was to occur there would be a high probability of fledglings starving to death after a parent was harvested.
Secondly, as an avid-waterfowl hunter and ethical sportsman I would like to see stipulations put in place that hunters must dispose of the carcass(s). I am currently envisioning a group of hunters hunting these birds in the summer on water, shooting 50-100+ birds and them to wash up on a cottagers shore......
Waterfowlers already receive enough negative attention and conflicts between cottagers and hunters seem to be on the rise. Couple that with all the animal rights activists out there and I feel that this could cause a very big issue.
Please take these into consideration, thanks.
Submitted December 7, 2018 11:26 AM
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Proposal to establish a hunting season for double-crested cormorants in Ontario
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