This is long overdue! I have seen them on many small inland lakes and ponds that cant withstand the pressure that these birds put on the fish stocks. I have seen flocks of 1000-1500+ on Lake Simcoe and Couch. I have also witness the distruction of island vegitation.
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"One of the strangest things about the double-crested cormorant is its apparent ability to generate irrational hatred in humans."
—Barry Kent Mackay
I am introducing my thoughts here with a quote by Ontario naturalist + artist Barry Kent Mackay
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Ontario government proposal is not a wildlife management program, it’s an eradication plan that will push cormorants back to brink of extinction in the province
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I am a hunter and hunt crows which destroy crops. The crows that are killed go to the landfill. There is nò limit and the season is a year long. Very few hunters hunt them.
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This proposal is not sustainable for the cormorants. 50 cormorants per day (1,500 per month or more than 14,000 per season) is too much to classify as “sustainable.” Also, it is not ethical to allow nesting parents to be hunted. This must be revised.
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The proposal to allow the hunting of Double-crested Cormorants appears to be a perverse attempt to appease people who are misinformed and/or biased about this unfairly maligned species.
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This is just unconscionable. Do not pass this bill. We need to be protecting our native birds and animals not decimating them to the brink of extinction. And leaving them to rot ... this is just so wrong.
This is something that is long overdue. Comerant populations need to be significantly decreased and then kept at a lower level. I fully support this proposal.
The hunting of these birds will destroy the species as well as potentially hurt other bird species. Also I don't believe enough thought has been put into what the overall ecosystem imbalance may come from this.
This is plain wrong and should not be considered.
I live on the St. Lawrence River near Brockville Ontario. While I am aware that many people dislike the double crested cormorant, I feel that the proposed hunting season is not well considered.
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Yes please open a hunt on these birds.
Fish populations are down as these birds eat SO MANY.
The population is now uncontrolled and needs to be put back into check
The "red tide" is still poisoning and killing birds, fish, and everything it touches in Florida. Comorants have been high on that list. Migrating birds must be evaluated in the coming year and hunting them would be a huge blow to their already dwindling population.
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Cormorants have vastly increased in numbers over the past decade. They appear to have no natural enemies and have invaded small lakes and rivers where they rapidly deplete the fish population , consuming up to a pound of fish per bird daily.
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So, apparently you don't care that this will undoubtedly bring about the extinction of this beautiful bird. How is that you feel so powerful and self-righteous to destroy a fellow sentient being so carelessly and callously? You should be ashamed of yourselves.
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Double-crested Cormorants are not game, and this proposal to categorize them as such is misguided and wrong. It seems it is their bad luck to be such a visible species where they live and breed, but outright eradication is regressive and will ultimately harm the ecosystems in which they live.
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We are land owners with waterfront which has been historically rich in fisheries which contributes to recreational fishing and the support of diverse natural waterfowl such as loons, osprey, eagles, etc. Within the past couple of years cormorants have been seen in our inland waters.
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