Comment
“50 cormorants per day with no possession limit”
Amend the F&G act to allow the kill to spoil. Currently it is an offence to allow game to spoil... this amendment would open the door to irresponsible hunt practices and positions future policy changes with precedent to arbitrarily allow cull and dumping of specific species deemed a cultural or economic pest.
So... hunt 50+ cormorants per day per licensed hunter ... no possession limit so who’s really counting? 10ga max you know... “humanely” blow them off the cottage, dock, island, beach, playground... or snag them out of the air from your boat... but be sure it’s stationary! (Like that makes a difference if you aren’t going to uphold any enforcement or sustainability standards...
and then what...???? let them rot in the lake, the shoreline ...wherever they drop?
You remove the condition of spoil and all bets are off as to how this plays out in practice...
You do this for cormorants because the wealthy cottagers and islanders and commercial fisheries are whining... you are sliding into the muck of ill conceived policy that produces environmental degradation and perpetuates a sport hunting practices held to little accountability or enforceable standards.
Back to the drawing board before it’s too late. Cancel this proposal.
Submitted January 3, 2019 10:03 AM
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Proposal to establish a hunting season for double-crested cormorants in Ontario
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013-4124
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16540
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