Cormorant control by qualifying it as a game bird makes sense to me. The damage done to nesting grounds by flocks of these birds is chilling.
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I am opposed to hunting cormorants. These are a native bird, that has only just recovered from near extinction. It is not an edible game bird, and hunters will only see this as a target practice.
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I've worked as a wildlife biologist in Ontario since the mid-1990s and have carried out research and recovery projects for a large number of species in a number of habitats.
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I am an artist and academic who has been researching double crested cormorants for the past two years relative to projects around land use, species cohabitation, and the cultural factors that determine ecological activity in our current age.
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I am not at all in favour of this proposal for a hunting season for double-crested cormorants in Ontario, especially during the summer months. That is the time of year when we like to enjoy the beauty & quiet of our lakes & forests. The sounds of hunters firing at birds would be most stressful.
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This proposal is mind boggling. How, in 2019, can a government allow open season on any creature? Allowing each hunter 50 birds a day??? ? And allowing for all ages of birds, young and old, to be killed??? How long before this bird is endangered at this rate?
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I am appalled at the Ontario government and their proposal to establish a hunting season for double-crested cormorants in Ontario. Shame on all of you. You seem to be acting like our neighbours south of us and that is NOT what Ontario or Canada wants. Please drop this proposal.
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I am opposed to this initiative. According to the information provided in the release there is no evidence that a cormorant cull will alter the overall population. There is no data at this time to suggest that initiatives other than egg oiling have any impact on population.
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I would like to take this opportunity to express my alarm at the proposal to open a hunting season on the double crested cormorant in Ontario. As you say this is being driven by property owners, commercial, and recreational fishermen.
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As an Ontario resident who values nature, science-based policy, and sees the value in hunting as a management tool I am absolutely opposed to this proposal.
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Not cool. Once species are gone they are gone. Are you willing to take responsibility to bring them back? Thought not. So let’s err on the sode of caution. Lives over profit. Please.
What the Hell?! The idea that when a species is slightly coming back from the verge of extinction it is now time to start killing it again for sport is a sickness in humans. There is no conceivable reason for the Ontario government to allow this creature to be hunted.
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It is my personal belief that there are better ways of fixing the issues associated with cormorants than allowing hunters to shoot them down with few restrictions.
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Now that the cormorant population has recovered after being devastated by pollution, the government is proposing to devastate it again? Basing policies on unscientific and baseless opinions is foolish.
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Please stop this senseless act. I am absolutely not in support of a hunting season on double-crested cormorants in Ontario. Why does this poor bird receive so much hate? Smarten up Ontario!!!!
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