I strongly oppose the hunting of cormorants. I love to go to the Lake and watch the birds. I have hung out under the nesting area in Hamilton bay by the centre for inland water.
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I oppose this proposal. There has been no scientific evidence or study to substantiate this proposed hunt. They are a native species that are finally once again abundant, but abundance is not the same as overpopulation.
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I think this is a great idea, I have seen the damage these birds do on the Ottawa river and Rice Lake and think its time to take action before more vegetation is ruined!.
The Double-crested Cormorant is a beautiful and tenacious native seabird of Ontario and of North America in general. They have survived centuries of hunting, persecution, and poisoning by humans.
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You want to let hunters sitting in a little boat shoot 50 cormorants a day and let the bodies rot? That sounds like a bad idea. If there are specific problems with cormorants in certain places then find specific solutions for those places.
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Please do not proceed with the cormorant cull. Knowledgeable folks realize these are native species, and that it will be a lot of carnage for little use, no use, in fact, of all that protein. Please reconsider and listen to naturalists.
The Double-crested Cormorant is a native species to Ontario whose population has only recently recovered from human persecution and pollution-induced declines. The government's proposal would allow individuals to hunt and kill up to 50 cormorants a day, for nine months out of the year.
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Both my husband and I are avid hunters, fishers and active naturalists. Every year we hunt deer, turkey and even some ducks with our sons and grandchildren.
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I oppose the shooting of cormorants because this is a danger of mass extinction to the species and those species that nest nearby - migrating Great-blue herons & Great Egrets. This will also introduce more lead into the environment.
As a Southern Ontario resident who lives very close to the nesting grounds of the Double Crested Cormorants it is my opinion that this hunt is completely unnecessary.
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I found out about this unthinkable proposal from the Trumpeter Swan coalition. An open hunting season for 10 months would be a slaughter. Thousands of other species would be killed. Please do not approve the slaughter of the Commerant/.
I urge the Ministry of Natural Resources to reject the proposal to create a hunting season for double-crested cormorants, for the reasons already outlined in the submission from the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club.
I am vehemently opposed to this barbaric proposal! You are listening to a small group of people who complained. Yet, this action will undoubtedly eradicate the entire cormorant population in Ontario. Have we not learned anything from our own history?
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I cannot believe you want to kill 50 cormorants per day per person between March and December! There are only an estimated 250,000 in the Great Lakes area! You also want the hunters to be able to leave the dead, wounded, & dying birds wherever they are shot & NOT pick up the carcass? Insanity!
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I wish to be opposed to such a proposal for many reasons, particularly since it would incur during nesting season and that this would be for no meat value just sport.
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