there are four concerns…

there are four concerns about the proposed cormorant slaughter:

1. shot gun shooting will also kill or at least disrupt other species that nest with or near cormorants. Some of these are federally protected species such as herons, terns, gulls and egrets.

2. cormorants populations have been extremely low, to the point that they were on the endangered species list. They recovered, have flourished to being over populated as to food availability and are now adjusting to a lower population level. Why disrupt the natural balance?

3. live shooting around water edges will endanger swimmers, close provincial park beaches and work against Ontario's long term programs.

4. cormorants do not eat sport fishing species, nor the food that sport fish eat. Eliminating the cormorant will again disrupt the marine ecology and feed availability and may actually harm sport fishing.