Why do governments want so badly to kill wildlife? Seems they want to manage everything and please those that want to murder precious wildlife. Mother nature has the best and most humane control over wildlife if left alone.
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I do not agree that hunting cormorants is any solution to overpopulation in a specific setting. Nor do I agree with having Ontario Environment on a website for public consultation.
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The office of Sarnia-Lambton MPP Bob Bailey received a call from a constituent on December 6th at 11:20am. This individual called themselves a conservationist. They believed that there must be control measures put in place to reduce the numbers of these birds.
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I am deeply disturbed by the proposal to cull double-crested cormorants and designate them as a game species. Ontario wildlife is constantly under threat due to pollution, habitat loss and other factors.
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Your preface acknowledges that the population of cormorants has ‘stabilized or decreased slightly’ since the early 2000’s, so there is no justiable reason for this change in policy.
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This is appropriate action to take.
Cormorants add no value and are only destructive as noted.
I didn't realize they consumed such large fish until I saw the picture provided.
I have heard reliably that they can move to an inland lake and virtually wipe out its fish population.
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The proposed hunting season for Double-crested Cormorants does not serve the interests of the bird, anglers, or property owners, and should not be enacted.
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I have been sailing on Lake Ontario for more than 25 years and have noted the dramatic increase in the cormorant population in the past 15 years in the Toronto area, which now has the largest cormorant breeding population in North America, according to news reports.
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I am concerned about this policy. It seems inappropriate to me to have a hunting season that lasts for 8 to 9 months. Hunting would take place during the cormorant's breeding season which could have unintended consequences on the overall viability of the population.
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50 a day! Are you kidding? You are suggesting a mass slaughter of these birds. Target practice?? How many wounded birds will we be dealing with?? And what a pleasure seeing rotting corpse littering the landscape when we go out hiking! Come on.
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I have back a ground in forestry. I have been gainfully employed as a trappers assistant, a fishing guide and as Forestry Technician with the MNR before relocating to Southern Ontario.
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The numbers are way too high. There needs to be tighter limits on the quota and a maximum limit per hunter. There also needs to be more thought on the impact to other species.
Years ago I was attacked by a flock of cormorants as I was paddling in calm waters with my pregnant wife near Manitoulin Island. Since then I have only wanted to eradicate this invasive species from it's non oceanic environment.
I will defiantly hunt these birds once it is made legal!
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I fully support the opening of a hunting season for cormorants.
Reducing their population will help other birds by increasing nesting sites now destroyed by cormorants.
This action is intended as pest control and therefore hunters should not be obligated to prevent meat spoilage
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