Allowing the hunting of a…

Allowing the hunting of a bird which should be a protected species, is out-dated, cruel and certainly should not be done!

Cormorants benefit other water birds, such as federally protected herons, egrets and pelicans, which exist where cormorants live.

Killing cormorants will cause other birds to vacate their colonies which they share with the cormorants.

Allowing individuals with a small game hunting license to kill up to 50 cormorants a day will mean approximately 1,500 cormorants per month or up to 14,250 cormorants will die in the entire proposed annual hunting season. These numbers will cause this native bird to become extinct.

Please reconsider this horrible suggestion of hunting a bird which is a native wildlife species, and which naturally lives in the Great lakes area.

Please be humane and leave the cormorant in peace to live in their natural environment.