Dear Sir or Madam:I was shocked to hear of the proposed change in the law to make the Double-crested Cormorant a game bird. This is nonsense. Nobody eats them. It is a new attempt to tamper with nature and regulate bird numbers.
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This sounds like someone;s idea of a very sick joke - changing the regulations to allow someone to shoot 50 birds a day for most of the year and throw them in a dumpster. Thanks God I live in BC where there is some respect for the environment and its creatures.
I oppose this proposal. The overarching reason is the lack of science supporting that there is a problem, and that the theoretical problems that cormorants may pose are not best addressed with this method of population control (thus the stated goal is not supported by the proposal).
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I am quite concerned with this proposal. It seems to me the underlying goal of this proposal is to reduce the cormorant numbers in Ontario. Regardless if that is a worthy goal or not, the idea of controlling them having an open hunting season is seriously flawed for a number of reasons.
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I am writing to express my concerns about the proposal to list the double-crested cormorant as a game bird whose population will be controlled not on a scientific basis through wise management of its habitat but as one that can be randomly shot throughout its breeding season.
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It’s unbelievable that the double-crested cormorant is being considered for reclassification in Ontario as a game bird for the purpose of, effectively, exterminating them.
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The "science" behind this proposal has been thoroughly discredited. I can't believe that the Ontario government is going to undo years of conservation for wildlife with this ridiculous proposal.
It is mean, cruel, and unnecessary.
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The double-breasted cormorant does fill an important ecological niche in that it feeds primarily on non-native fish species such as alewives. The proposed limits would allow entire colonies to be killed in a single day, which not only sounds cruel but could negatively impact local ecologies.
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I absolutely do not support the hunt of the double crested cormorants. I think it is based off of loose science, immoral standards and in favour of non-native fisheries that provide revenue for the government. Meanwhile this bird is a native species.
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Good idea to thin out the population
These birds are so destructive and pose a true threat to fisheries
While your at it let's look at doing something about the coyote and wolf populations
While we still have some deer and moose left in the province
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What a ridiculous, dangerous and illegal idea. Shooting allowed on waterways during summer months, endangering lives? So dangerous. Shooting colonies of cormorants and disrupting the nesting of other protected species? Ridiculous and illegal.
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🐦🐦Please don't do this!🐦🐦
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Stop the killing of wildlife
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