Wildlife Exterminations Have…

Wildlife Exterminations Have No Place in 21st Century Canada

I write today to express my opposition to the proposed extermination of double-crested cormorants in Ontario. The Government’s proposal is unacceptable and divorced from the image of Canada as a progressive country which protects its generous environment and its wild inhabitants.

Among the things I learned about the proposal is that it includes creating a province-wide annual hunting season that would allow anyone holding a valid Ontario Outdoors Card and small game hunting license to kill up to 50 cormorants per day (14,000 per season!!) including nesting parents!

We must do better than this. We must learn to protect the natural environment and its wild denizens and not view them as purely instrumental to human whims. This is especially important in light of the collapse of the biosphere heralded by scientists in the wake of climate change. Animal and bird populations will have to adapt to dramatic changes and can only do so if we start protecting them now to ensure viable and healthy populations.

Thank you.