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Please see appended letter from CVMA in support of OVMA submission regarding proposed changes to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act on dog train and trial areas.

content summary is:

The Canadian Veterinary Medical Association supports the submission of the Ontario Veterinary Medical Association regarding proposed change to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act as it relates to dog train and trial areas.

The proposed changes as described would result in increasing numbers of captured and relocated wildlife being subjected to significant suffering, injury and distress.

The CVMA holds that the hunting of captured, relocated and penned prey animals by dogs for any purpose is inhumane and we provide examples of other organizations and legislation that have addressed this.

The welfare of animals is increasingly important to the majority of Canadians, and this includes wildlife under the authority and care of the various levels of government.