I strongly oppose the new…

I strongly oppose the new proposal to list cormorants as "Game Birds". I kindly ask the government of Ontario to not be influenced by the opinion of biased groups who would benefit from the mass killing of cormorants. Cormorants are part of Ontario's natural environment and are native to Ontario. They are simply scapegoats for mistakes people have made. If these birds are listed as game birds, people will use them for target practice, and many will be left to die from their injuries leading to inevitable animal suffering and contamination of the environment from all the gunfire residues. Human activities has already lead to significant and detrimental environmental contamination, habitat destruction, species extinction, and fish stock depletion. This new proposal not only will not help in the big picture but it will put Ontario at risk of ecological imbalance. I urge you to focus strategies to preserve our wildlife, natural environment, wildlife habitat and to hold individuals, groups and companies who are truly responsible for Ontario's environmental degradation accountable and to leave the cormorants alone.