Our family is, deeply,…

Our family is, deeply, disturbed by the dangerous, and, unethical, nature of this proposal! No other Canadian province permits, penned, dog hunting! These facilities have no place in Ontario! You MUST abandon this cruel and inhumane proposal!

Thank you for taking the time to give our family an opportunity to voice our concerns about the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry’s proposal to allow, new, licenses, and, the transfer of licenses for, penned, dog hunting facilities, or train and trial areas, in Ontario.

Penned hunting is unconscionably, cruel to the coyotes, foxes, and rabbits that are used as, live, bait, and, poses risks to the dogs being trained to hunt as well!

The, provincial, government began to phase out, new, train and trial areas in 1997 – for, good, reason!

Twenty-five years later, the, Ford, government’s proposal to grant licenses for, new, train and trial spaces, and, to allow licenses to be transferred to, new, owners, is a, massive, step backwards!

Instead of opening, new, applications, the government MUST prioritize strengthening the, existing, legislation that bans, new, facilities, and, shutting down the, few, facilities that remain!