I am writing to express my…

I am writing to express my deep concern about our provincial government's proposal to create a hunting season for cormorants.

The purported need to hunt and kill cormorants is not science-based and it demonstrates a gross disrespect for life. The cormorant population in Ontario has been steady or declining in recent years. There was never a serious problem of overpopulation, though some hunting organizations have worked hard to get their members to hate cormorants. Since the cormorant is not a tasty bird to eat, the hunting would be just to kill. I see it as deeply immoral of our government to support this killing and I am absolutely opposed to it.

When more than 60% of animal species are in decline, including birds of all kinds, this is a hugely wrong-headed decision. I hope that our government steps away from this proposal.