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

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This hunting proposal is scientifically baseless. The proposal to allow a 50 cormorant per day bag limit for hunters means that if only 1 in 100 Ontarian hunters each killed 50 cormorants over *an entire year*, this would result in about 350,000 dead cormorants. Read more

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Please do not proceed with this plan to effectively cull native bird populations. Conserving and restoring native ecosystems is crucially important work. Why not put this effort into cleaning our waterways of much more pressing issues like invasive carp and phragmites.

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

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Dear ERO. Because the cormorant issue of Lake Simcoe and area is so grave, I recommend that a hunting season be established at minimum. They are a huge environmental problem and we can’t allow them to overwhelm the local ecology. With concern. Elizabeth

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

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First, I want to say how deeply saddened I am to hear about the continued disregard for life. The Cormorants are a Native Species, they benefit biodiversity and are an integral component of Ontario's Natural Heritage. Read more

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

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This issue needs a LOT more research. It seems to be a wildly irresponsible concept with no obvious means of control or follow-up. Firstly, if these birds are native to North America and to Ontario, we should be researching why there is a population explosion in the first place. 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 this proposal for a hunting season for double-crested cormorants in Ontario for the following reasons: (1) The proposal is practically a slaughter, because the length of the hunting season is almost the entire year, and each hunter could kill an extremely large number of birds. Read more

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

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Cormorants have come a long way since 1970 when they were being considered for future inclusion under the Endangered Species Act (Dept of Lands and Forests Fish and Wildlife Review, spring-summer issue, 1970). Read more

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

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I’ve been a resident of Balsam Lake my whole 47 years,.... and it sickens me to see how these vile birds have destroyed a few of the pretty little islands that were once home to beatiful trees and wildlife! Culling the Cormorant population should not even be up for debate,.... Read more

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I live close to Lake Ontario and Humber River. We consider cormorants as iconic birds to our area, hardly nuisance birds. I am asking that the Ontario government begin to listen to the deep widespread concerns about the well being of our wildlife. Read more

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I oppose the proposal to list Double-Crested Cormorants as game birds and the creation of a hunting season to kill these birds. There is no substantial research to support the claims of some groups that Double-Crested Cormorants reduce fish populations or have a negative impact on the environment. Read more

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

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Please please please allow the laws to change. We need to protect our fisheries in Lake Ontario and all the Great Lakes. These cormorants are out of control and need to be culled to a point where they are a more balanced population.

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