I firmly reject the Ministry…

I firmly reject the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry’s proposal to allow new licenses and the transfer of licenses for train and trial areas in Ontario. These pens are cruel to wild animals and seems to contravene the PAWS Act section 16 that makes dogs and rooster fighting illegal in Ontario on the basis of cruelty to animals. Allowing this will also cheapen and commercialize the idea of wildlife making the conservation efforts difficult for the public to support. The Harris government stopped issuing licenses for this practice in 1997, with the idea of shutting it down--at step forward. If the government is concerned about this going underground, a solution would be to give conservation officers the tools to enforce the laws, not make it legal.

Thank you.