TOTALLY AGREE with proposal…

TOTALLY AGREE with proposal.
I live in Orillia and the cormorant problem is huge. Myself, family and over 100 voters on our area (Heyden Ave., Orillia) want to get rid of these destructive birds. The workers at the garbage collection facility in Orillia next to a nesting area of cormorants have also found the birds destructive and want them out.

Here are a few facts about how they destroy the environment. Please note I will use a conservative estimate of 500 cormorant colony beside the facility, right on the northern shore of Lake Simcoe.
- each bird eats approx. 1 pound of fish a day. That's 500 pounds a day;
- most of these fish are young growing game fish. Like bass, perch, pike etc. As minnows they will not grow up for the enjoyment of fisherman, kids, ice hut businesses etc.
- Over the course of a season April 1 to Oct. 31 this colony eats (210 days X 500 lbs. = 105,000 lbs. of fish!!!
- That's 52.5 tons mostly game fish being lost;
- Fishing tournaments, fisherman etc. have noted devastating decrease in fish caught and released over the past years.
- These birds DEFECATE their FAECES. onto land and our Lakes!!! Over 50 tons of their droppings goes into our environment and lakes!!!
- Their defecated feces are full of dangerous bacteria & disease. They also contain other chemicals that promote weeds in our lakes that choke off a healthy environment.