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Proposal to establish a hunting season for double-crested cormorants in Ontario

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I disagree with this proposal for the following reasons : -Hunting near my cottage on georgian bay during summer months is dangerous to residents -Killing birds for the eradication of the species is archaic -Cormorants and loons are very similar in appearance Read more

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Proposal to establish a hunting season for double-crested cormorants in Ontario

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Opposed. Since you are repealing the toxics reduction act, there is no need to hunt and kill these beautiful animals. Environmental contamination will once again negatively impact their reproduction, along with the health of Ontarians.

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December 31, 2018 Premier Doug Ford premier@ontario.ca Wildlife Section Public Coordinator Ministers of Natural Resources and Forestry Policy Division Species Conservation Policy Branch 300 Water Street Peterborough, ON K9J 8M5 Read more

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The proposed plan to allow persons to kill up to 50 cormorants a day is an ill-conceived strategy designed to address a problem that does not even exist. The cormorant is a native species whose population declined in years past before rebounding with the banning of dangerous and lethal pesticides. Read more

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Proposal to establish a hunting season for double-crested cormorants in Ontario

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I am totally against the proposal to establish a hunting season for Double-crested Cormorants in Ontario. This proposed hunt is completely unnecessary. I have done considerable work and study on the cormorant issue since first hearing of the proposed hunt in early December. Read more

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Proposal to establish a hunting season for double-crested cormorants in Ontario

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I am opposed to the cormorant hunt. I don't think that there is enough evidence to support the hunt given that our ecosystems are so confused. The cormorants are providing an ecosystem service similar to that once provided by Passenger Pigeons in the form of the guano they produce. Read more

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Is the goal to lower the cormorant population and manage at smaller numbers, or to eradicate the species??? The proposed bag limit is 50 birds a day. The proposed hunting season is 292 days long. This means a SINGLE person would be able to kill 14,600 cormorants in a year. Read more

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I do not support this proposal. Cormorants nest with other birds and they may be shot at the same time or have their nesting disrupted. There is no over abundance of cormorants that would justify a 50 per day hunt quota. This could easily lead to an unhealthy reduction in the number of cormorants.

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there are four concerns about the proposed cormorant slaughter: 1. shot gun shooting will also kill or at least disrupt other species that nest with or near cormorants. Some of these are federally protected species such as herons, terns, gulls and egrets. Read more

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While I do support the legal hunting of waterfowl during a restricted hunting season for the purposes of human consumption - hunting cormorant almost year round with a ridiculously high bag limit seems preposterous to me. And nobody consumes cormorants, so this is just shooting for the fun of it. Read more

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Proposal to establish a hunting season for double-crested cormorants in Ontario

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This is a wonderful initiative. I can't believe the Ontario government has enough foresight to do what makes perfect logic. Bravo! These birds have no redeeming qualities whatsoever. They eat far too many valuable fish. Read more

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