As a professional wildlife biologist specializing in waterbirds, I am surprised that this proposal has not been more well-researched and the goals more clearly defined.
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Your proposal would be in keeping with the historical reality of human-kind's destruction of pretty much everything in the natural world, our own self-interests first and nature a very distant second.
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RE: EBR Registry Number: 013-4124
(Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Proposal to establish a hunting season for double-crested cormorants in Ontario)
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I cannot begin to fathom how you could put "Establish a bag limit of 50 cormorants/day with no possession limit." and "environmental impact expected to be neutral" in the same article. This is wholesale irresponsibility. There are surely better controls available, and I'm certain more humane ones.
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I am writing to express concern and opposition to the proposal to establish a hunting season for Double-crested Cormorants in Ontario. My opposition is based on the following:
1. Dubious scientific rationale for the proposal;
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As a fisherman i fully support the hunt proposal. I fish to eat when i go camping and have to work all day to catch my supper these days. Meanwhile flocks if cormorants go flying by me full of game fish. I also dont enjoy picking the worms out of my pan fish.
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I am against the Government’s proposal that there be a "hunt" of double-crested cormorants that could easily eradicate this important, ecologically beneficial native waterbird from most of the province.
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I personally believe that this proposal has merit. I do however have a major concern about changing the conservation act to allow meat to spoil. This will potentially set a precedent that will effect other animal species.
The Ford government's proposal to establish a hunting season on Ontario's Double-crested Cormorant population flies in the face of science, fact and good environmental stewardship.
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It is utter madness to start hunting these birds and destroy even more wildlife. Stop killing wildlife including seals ! For goodness sake grow up and see get educated that you live in a complex eco system where every species has a purpose except ,humans sadly.
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I am a fisherman in the Georgian Bay area and have watched the destruction of the fish stocks by cormorants. I have recently seen them invade Gloucester Pool and their droppings have killed all the vegetation on the small islands they make home.
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I live east of a nesting site for the cormorants on lake couchiching. The island which used to be covered with lush trees is now decimated. I’m for culling these birds.
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Before engaging in "cull the flock" tactics, the Province should review the ecological niche occupied by the cormorants - and understand what results there might be from drastically reducing the population.
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I can’t believe that we as a province are even spending the time and money debating this issue. Cormorants are not a source of food. Cormorants have successfully increased in numbers after DDT almost drive them to extinction. I am not aware of any evidence that they are a food source.
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As a Registered Veterinary Technologist that has worked with wildlife since 2001, I am very concerned about the proposed hunting guidelines for Cormorants in Ontario.
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