In life, there is a moment…

In life, there is a moment where you have a choice to have the courage to commit to a better future or slink back to the wrong path. Most people don't have the courage to do the right thing, especially when faced with powerful opposition. That's what makes our world always bend toward injustice, because moral courage is often in short supply.

If you make the wrong decision here, remember that lack of moral courage within you. That you decided to do the wrong thing out of fear that the powerful hunting lobby would target you. Or maybe because you lack compassion and don't have an issue with cruelty and the exploitation of other sentient creatures.

As you've probably already realized, I wholly and utterly reject the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry’s disgusting proposal to allow new licenses and the transfer of licenses for train and trial areas in Ontario.

Why? Well:

1. Penned dog hunting facilities are exceptionally cruel to the wild animals that are subjected to disgusting methods used to train dogs to hunt. How exactly is something like this any different than dog fighting and the horrific methods they use?

2. Wildlife should never be taken from their natural environments and held captive by hunters. It’s especially cruel to use rabbits, coyotes, and foxes as pawns for hunters to train dogs — and hold competitions.

3. Opening applications for train and trial spaces after 25 years is a massive step backward into an ugly and sickening past. These facilities have no place in Ontario.

This absurdity needs to go the way of all animal fighting events. Instead of opening new applications, the province’s existing 24 facilities need to be closed immediately.

We are meant to protect all life on this planet, not use it for our psychopathic enjoyment of cruelty and pain.