I am thoroughly appalled…

I am thoroughly appalled that the government is proposing the hunting/extermination of cormorants as a means to "manage wildlife". (re A recent Environmental Registry of Ontario posting (https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/013-4124) announced that the Government is seeking input on a proposed change to the province’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act that will: designate double-crested cormorants as a “game” bird species, create a province wide annual hunting season from March 15 until December 31,allow anyone holding a valid Ontario Outdoors Card and small game hunting license to kill up to 50 cormorants per day (1,500 per month or more than 14,000 per season) and,allow the carcasses to spoil (i.e., rot)."

History has proven that human kind's interference in any attempt to "manage wildlife" has been woefully unsuccessful and ecologically damaging in the long run. The biggest threat today to our environment is human kind. We need to focus on what WE are doing to the environment and stop using short term solutions like "managing wildlife" to address issues (ie depleted fish stocks and environmental damage" that WE humans are the main cause of). This type of solution is NOT what I voted for and I am appalled that this topic is even coming up as cause for discussion/debate.