I am horrified that a return…

I am horrified that a return to dog hunting pens is being considered in Ontario. This is cruel, inhumane, and entirely unnecessary. As I understand it, no other Canadian province allows this and it is banned in many parts of the USA.

We are in a time of climate crisis and as we struggle to find a way to live in harmony with the other species we share our planet with we are learning from biologists, cognitive ethnologists, animal behaviour specialists, etc. about the incredible capacity other animals have for empathy, social structures, etc. We also know that mammals like the ones that will be hunted in these pens experience fear and pain. What possible logic is there to knowingly inflict this on animals?

In other forms of hunting the prey at least has a fighting chance to escape or defend themselves. This proposal is barbaric and an embarrassment for this province.

I am begging you to reconsider this.