The cormorant is a bird that is a symbol of the returning health of Lake Ontario. Now that they are back, they are blamed for damage to the lake—a lake they had been significantly damaged by humans.
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This law would be a great way to save trees and preserve our fishery. In Toronto harbour the number of panfish has plummeted since 2012, Which has affected the whole food chain. It is not true that they only feed on gobies.
I would like to see more of a limit and allotted time period so as to not wipe out whole colonies or disturb breeding season. Also the last thing I want to see is any carcus left behind to rot.
This proposal has been made in part because supposedly the double created cormorants eat too many fish. It's a natural creature, claiming it's eating too many fish is just a convenient scapegoat for our own mismanagement of fish populations.
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Any cull should be carried out by professional animal control officials not by the public. There is no “sport” in blasting away at birds in a nesting colony sonsuch a cull simply encourages wanton slaughter
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I think it is a terrible idea to allow hunting for 9 months. I feel unsafe during hunting season and even more unsafe for my dogs. Cormorants reside in cottage areas where families go to relax and not have to deal with hunters all summer long.
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From a boater's perspective I believe more thought needs to be put into allowing people to hunt the birds from a stationary boat. There is a colony of birds living on an island in the middle of Lake Couchiching in Orillia.
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I am a cottage owner and over the past few years the cormorant population has established itself on some of the small islands on the lake. The majority of the trees on these islands have been killed by the birds.
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I agree on reducing the number of cormorants.
As other species nest near the cormorant colony, care must be taken not to disrupt during nesting season.
I feel the 50 a day limit is too high.
Thank you,
Annette T.
I'm originally from Parry Sound and have seen a significant increase in the number of these birds. I've also seen them so full from eating every fish they catch that they are unable to fly, decimating fish populations. I fully support a hunting season for double-crested cormorants.
I've seen the large colonies of cormorants on Lake Erie and Lake Ontario and the denuded trees at the Leslie Spit and Pelee Island. The number of fish they eat is unsustainable.
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I believe a hunting season is a positive step. It will be important to ensure the appropriate disposal of the carcasses
In my opinion this population is out of control in Ontario at the present.
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Please allow hunting of the cormorants...i work in nanticoke...ontario...these birds are wiping out perch and their waste covers our docks and boats...and is a slipping hazard as well ...thanks
Not only have Comerants devastated the fish on Lake Kagawong on Manitoulin Island and all waters in region they have killed trees from the dun.Trees turn white from there excrement.There should be a season on them to control the invasive specie.
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In full support of controlling these birds through hunting. I'll leave it to the experts as to setting limits, but I'm not sure why we wouldn't want to fully eradicate these birds from areas where they never used to exist.
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