I hope the right choice is…

I hope the right choice is made this time around. As a fish and wildlife technologist I have studied the devastating effects these birds can have on a ecosystem. As an avid angler I have also seen the effects these birds can have not only on the ecosystem but there natural environment and its disgusting.

Like any native animal they have a place in our environment, but their numbers have become so high they have become detrimental to their surroundings.

Oiling their eggs was a joke, waste of time and money. Something needs to be done. Aside from a hunting season I have noticed once before a dead cormoraunt hanging from a tree in fishing line. The other cormoraunts vacated this island as long as the dead bird was there. A scarecrow type decoy may be an option where hunting may not be appropriate.