This letter is to voice my…

This letter is to voice my concerns about the proposal by the MNRF to allow open hunting of Double-crested Cormorants.
This so called hunt is really nothing more then a slaughter of these birds to reduce their numbers and thereby appease Anglers and Hunters who consider them a threat to sport fishing. To reclassify the DC cormorant as a game bird, when it is essentially considered inedible further shows how underhanded this proposal is. The provision which would exempt hunters from properly disposing of the carcasses and having a daily bag limit of 50 bird confirms the true intension of this cull.
The proposed hunting season will greatly disturb other sensitive species that nest along side and there is a great risk of other species of birds, especially Common Loons being accidental killed during this hunt.
I am disgusted by this flawed and dishonest proposal and request that it be rejected.