The proposed amendment to…

The proposed amendment to allow the issuance of licences for new train and trail areas should not be accepted. The practice of trapping wild animals to be used to train hunting dogs is inhumane. The practice causes extreme levels of undue stress to captured animals.
I could not believe that this method of training was still used. As someone who works in the scientific field, our use of animals as study subjects is strictly regulated and guidelines are written up with the intent to minimize our impact and stress on the animal. The keeping of wild animals is a serious commitment, and I have no reason to believe that anyone undertaking a train and trial set-up knows anything about the care of these animals. Frankly, this practice should be prohibited all together in my opinion. Ending the suffering of trapped animals quickly and respectfully is the duty of a trapper should they choose to hunt this way. Tracking and finding an animal that has been shot in the shortest time possible is also a hunter's duty. There are effective ways of training dogs that do not require such cruel, costly, and archaic methods. I am ashamed to have supported the use of hunting dogs if this is how they are being trained.