One must wonder what is the…

One must wonder what is the justification behind the mass slaughter in the name of recreational hunting of defenseless cormorants at such an alarmingly high scale? The important questions to ask is whether the concerned department of the current government has acceptable peer reviewed publishable data on the population dynamics of the cormorants based on which hunting tags are being released? If yes, can these be made available for public review before taking such a decision; and if no, then the government is directly answerable to the public as to what exact mechanism is being followed in deciding the release of hunting tags and the numbers entitled for each hunter. The objection is not against recreational hunting; but at the same time we need to be responsible for not overexploiting a particular species that over next two decades their numbers start dwindling beyond ecological recovery. In case of decimation of a species that is not a conservation concern today, will the present government take the responsibility and accept their direct and indirect role in the not so distant future as being a catalyst for legal ecocide? Recreation for one species is not acceptable at the cost of the demise of another in a civilized world. Will the concerned Minster be bold enough to tackle these questions?