I wish to take the…

I wish to take the opportunity given to comment on the double-crested cormorants and let it be known that myself and my family are totally opposed to the hunting.
It was laughable to read that the double-crested cormorants are being blamed for tree destruction - really? Compare a bird's tree destruction to the 1000s of healthy mature trees felled due to expansive building in Niagara Region. Weber Road, Feeder Canal, everywhere the destroying of trees is rampant.
According to World Wildlife Federation 60% of the world's animal population has been lost in the past 50 years and yet we are going to prompt this type of slaughter of yet another species.
The world is violent enough without encouraging killing outright killing for lame reasons.
What does this teach our children? No respect for life. No appreciation for creatures that do not have their young in care, do not do drugs, etc. no they just want to quietly raise their families. Killing is killing and why should non hunters have to listen to shot guns blasting away and why cannot non hunters enjoy peace and quiet. This is a sick idea. It has been said that a nation is judged by the way it treats its' animals.
So it is time to smarten up and realize the planet does not belong to just man and that God wants us to share it in peace.