Allowing for new train and…

Allowing for new train and trial areas and licence transfers is an altogether different issue than allowing hunting, tracking and training in general. I say this to clearly separate the two in this argument.

In the existing fenced areas, the wild animals that are captured are forced to endure unspeakable terror when they are separated from their families and homes, and must live in constant fear as cornered prey with no chance of safety or relief. This kind of suffering for any living creature is unnecessary and immoral. No living being should have to face those odds.

The decision in 1997 to no longer support this type of facility was meant to trigger an incremental dying out, and for good reason. I urge you to use good judgement in deciding whether this decision should go forward with very limited benefits to humans at great expense to Ontario wildlife. Moving forward with this proposal is in contravention of what matters to so many Ontario residents and what our province is supposed to stand for.