It is very disturbing that…

It is very disturbing that the Ontario government is considering allowing new cruel dog train and trial areas in enclosed outdoor pens where animals such as coyotes, foxes and rabbits are used as live bait to train hunting dogs.

The Ontario government did the right thing in 1997 in banning dog hunting pens except for exempting the existing hunting pens that were in operation at the time but would eventually be phased out as owners retired or were no longer in business.

There are currently 24 hunting pens still in existence and yet the Ontario government wants to expand them at the request of a few hunters.

I am part of the majority of citizens in Ontario who are against hunting animals for sport. Terrified animals have nowhere to escape from being viciously killed by dogs and ripped apart in these enclosed areas.

The ban must be kept in place and the existing hunting pens must be shut down.