To whom it may concern,…

To whom it may concern,
Please consider all perspectives before going ahead with this amendment.
I do not agree with this amendment because it does not consider the welfare of the wildlife that are used for hunting. I am aware that this would be beneficial to the hunting dogs undergoing training, however, the wildlife that are being removed from their habitats will have major environmental impacts as well. It is already known that wildlife have a difficult time living in areas densely populated with humans, based on the number of deaths caused by humans such as vehicle accidents. So the removal of them to be used for hunting will greatly impact their populations and cause an imbalance in the food chain. If this is done on a longer term basis, it could eventually larger ecological harms.

I am skeptical of the training basis as hunting dogs should be trained to deal with the wildlife they encounter rather than trapped and caged wildlife animals which could pose further risk to the dogs as they forced into survival scenarios.

Please consider all the scenarios as this amendment will benefit few, if any, and cause greater harms to the environment and welfare of animals.