The proposal has serious flaws that would be detrimental to the ecosystem and would undermine responsible conservation practices. Neither the proposal not the conjecture of its proponents is supported by any scientific evidence.
David W. Moore
Past President
Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
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There are two very important points which I believe should be considered before a mass killing of shore birds:
a) are fish stocks depleted because of over fishing and should the government provide aid to fishers rather than a plan to eradicate wildlife.
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I strongly support the establishment of a hunting season for double-crested cormorants in Ontario. I reside on Big Rideau Lake and spend countless hours fishing within these waters. If this bird is not culled they will clean out many game fish and destroy islands where they nest and roust.
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This proposal has got to be the most inappropriate way to kill off the cormorants. I cannot begin to imagine the stench and waste of rotting cormorant bodies in the area, to say nothing of the very negative environmental impact in the area.
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The suggested length of the hunting season for the double-crested cormorant is much too long, and will interfere with people enjoying birding during the most popular season for this activity.
This proposal, with which I disagree, reminds me of the probable extinction of the Eskimo Curlew. From Arthur Cleveland Bent (1929), "Hunters would shoot the birds without mercy until they had literally slaughtered a wagonload of them....
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I do not think that this cull of cormorants is well thought out in terms of numbers and length of the season . I fear that the hunt may be detramenal to other breeding birds and affect the enjoyment of summer activities as well as bird watching in the fall.
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The double-crested cormorants in Ontario in an inedible bird, not a game bird by any stretch of the imagination, a key citizen in its ecosystem, and a liability to no-one. Its ecological role is key, which is why its population has recovered from prior human insults.
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I object to the hunting of cormorants
Cormorants nest with other birds such as gulls and terns. This hunt will disturb the breeding behaviour and feeding habits of these other birds.
Use another method to reduce the number of cormorants
I am strongly opposed to the proposal to designate the double-crested cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus, as a gamebird, to allow hunting virtually throughout the year, to allow a bag-limit of 50 birds and to allow the harvested birds to spoil.
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I am very disappointed that you will allow the killing of cormorants to such a great extent. The species cannot survive such a hunt. It is stupid, ill-advised and dangerous.
There is no scientific proof that hunting will reduce the species. We don’t need to reduce the species at the moment, there is no proof that the population is causing undo hardship. Pls stop this!
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