I strongly object to the…

I strongly object to the proposed legislation concerning the killing of Double-Crested Cormorants. Other proven methods to reduce cormorant populations, such as egg painting, should be considered as a workable alternative.

Allowing such wholesale slaughter for nine months of the year will adversely affect other migratory birds including Common Terns, Caspian Terns, Black-crowned Night Herons, Great Blue Herons, Great Egrets, and White Pelicans. Such birds are protected by the federal Migratory Birds Convention Act. Syncrude has just been fined $2.75M for the deaths of 31 Great Blue Herons; obviously other levels of government care about our wildlife. If the proposed provincial legislation passes, it should be challenged by the federal government.