Why would you even consider…

Why would you even consider going back in time to more animal cruelty? A society is defined on how it treats the most vulnerable and this government keeps failing.
This practice does nothing for the dogs. They are taught to be vicious and are certainly not “pets”. A dog trained to kill will be at risk to attack and kill anything and anyone. Hunters are the ones who should be hunting. If they are incapable of bagging a rabbit with an ordinary hunting rifle, then they are no hunter and shouldn’t be put in charge of a dog that kills!
Coyotes, on the other hand, have been proven to be controlled very well thru no-kill methods by farmers in ways that are not only beneficial to the farmers, but beneficial to the coyotes as well. They in turn keep the lower food chain in check, like foxes and rabbits. See farmers like Topsy Farms on Amherst Island for their exemplary methods in no-kill coyote control.
Our province should be shutting down the remainder of these “train and trial” horrors, and letting the licensing systems die out as originally planned. This was not in the last election campaign material, there is no mandate and should not go forward.