So many things about the…

So many things about the proposed hunting season for cormorants make little sense to me, beginning with this statement on the website: "There continues [sic] to be concerns expressed by some groups (commercial fishing industry, property owners) and individuals that cormorants have been detrimental to fish populations, island forest habitats, other species and aesthetics."

The "concerns expressed" by special interest groups without any evidence seem to me to be a poor basis for creating legislation. I hold many opinions which may or may not be based in fact. I don't expect the government to amend legislation because of my opinions.

Groups of hunters, each shooting 50 birds in a day and allowing the meat to spoil is wasteful and unsanitary. It seems certain that there will be wounded birds left as well, which is cruel. Are these not some of the reasons why it has been forbidden in the past?

From March 15 through December 31, anywhere in Ontario, hunters may bring out a shotgun and start shooting at what they believe to be cormorants? Cottagers, hikers, swimmers, children beware.

This amendment to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act makes little sense to me. There are ways to cull a population that are not so needlessly wasteful, foolish, dangerous, cruel and dirty.