I have read about the…

I have read about the cormorant proposal and find it disgusting. There is no need to hunt these animals. Plenty of animal hunting is already occurring and there does not need to be more animals at risk of endangerment.
The Government says it is responding to concerns about too many cormorants, depleted fish stocks and environmental damage. But those concerns are largely just anecdotes, complaints and unsubstantiated claims that were debunked long ago.
In reality, cormorants are not overabundant, their numbers are relatively modest, have stabilized and are dropping in some areas. The entire North American double-crested cormorant population is estimated to be less than the population of Toronto, with only about 125,000 birds in the lower Great Lakes.
Please be humane and do not allow cormorant hunting.