I am not a hunter and do not…

I am not a hunter and do not understand all of the rules and regulations, so I just went to the hunting regulations page and it seems to me that if game birds need 'management', then there are some numbers allowed to be killed by each person per day. The highest number is for Snow or Ross's geese at 20 per day/person. That seems high...but I am reading that Cormorants are to be 50 and their carcasses are to be allowed to rot as hunters are not required to retrieve them.

I thought that Biodiversity meant something in Ontario and Canada.

What is being described is eradication because cormorants eat the food that humans also like. Humans have a choice to eat other food, wildlife do not, so why is it that human needs come first?

Ok, their guano alters the landscape. Look around you folks! The amount of non-permeable pavement humans lay down, causing heat pollution as rainwater travels the pavement to our lakes carrying all the garbage and disposable plastics we waste with the rain...instead of water entering the soil on the spot like it is supposed to. Flooding is on the rise due to this practice, and will only increase due to climate change...another human imposed condition on Earth.

When I compare human behaviours with a simple water birds behaviour, the cormorant is more 'natural' and not as impactful.

I think it very unreasonable to dislike a bird that helps support natural water systems and improves biodiversity by being apart of the natural web of life. Killing the species for selfish reasons is inhuman and plain stupid.

If this species needs to be 'managed', then 'manage'. Don't allow their eradication.

Thank you for reading my thoughts.