Slaughter of cormorants
It is profoundly sad that this so-called "progressive" government continues to operate in the most regressive of ways.
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I would be glad to see a hunting season on the double crested cormorants. It is very evident on Lake Couchiching that they are diminishing the fish population and desimating the vegetation where ever they land and nest. Some islands in the area never recover from season to season.
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I'm am for any revisions to current legislation/regulations that will result in permission to hunt double-crested cormorants for population control purposes. Please proceed with intended revisions and I look forward to doing my part controlling this pest bird.
I am in favour of hunting the cormorants. In Muskoka they are becoming a worse problem than even the Canadian Geese. They are destroying our lakes and eating fish that other native species should be eating. They will unbalance the ecosystems in our province.
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This is a terrible idea, supported by neither science nor the public good. Furthermore, it's a reckless addition to the use of firearms in the city and a shameful act of violence against a population of birds who have done no harm.
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I am very much in favour of a cormorant hunting season. I have seen the population go from nothing to well over 20 birds on our small Algonquin Highlands lake in just the last 7 years or so. I am concerned they are depleting fish populations to the point of causing feeding stress for the loons.
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Cormorants have appeared in increasing numbers on Lake Seymour in the past 3 years. Not only are they a threat to the sports fish in the area, but remembering the devastation at Presquile I fear that they will wreck the same havoc on the many small islands in our lake.
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In response to the proposed establishment of a hunting season for Double-crested Cormorants, ERO Number 013-4124, I am against the proposition.
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Double crested cormorants do have an impact on the tree and fish populations, but this is part of a natural evolution of a shoreline ecosystem. Cormorants are doing exactly what they are supposed to do in their environment.
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I think the proposal is a very good idea and long overdue. The cormorants damage the fishery as well as compete with the common loon for food. On the Trent Severn waterway the rookeries as so crowded on the islands that they kill off the vegetation and even large pine trees.
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In agreement that something needs to be done about cormorants in Ontario. On Lake Couchiching in Orillia, there is an island called Ship Island which has been renamed unofficially as Shi* Island.
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I am in support of establishing a hunting season for cormorants in Ontario. Their ever increasing populations are destroying properties on Lake Simcoe and Lake Couchiching, among others. At least this would be a step towards controlling these birds.
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I support the culling of cormorants they have become a scourge. They wipe out fish stocks, they putrefy shorelines and islands, their guano kills the trees and vegetation. Further, they have outstripped the capacity of natural predators to maintain the population at a reasonable level.
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No action should be taken against Cormorants unless incontrovertible scientific analysis deems it necessary. Hunting interests should not be part of the equation.
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I feel that this is an unnecessary cruelty. Hunting is rarely a clean death. Injured animals will suffer slow agonizing deaths. There is greater risk of other animals and people being hurt by stray shots. There is also increased pollution in waters from increasing hunting.
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I think this proposal for a hunting season is great news. Good on the new government for actually doing something for outdoor enthusiasts and people living in rural areas, and not just listening to the loudest people preaching from their righteous city towers.
JP
I believe these should be treated as pests, much like crows. They are over abundant on lake St. Clair. Thousands can be seen any given day during a duck hunt or fishing excursion.
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