Cormorants are a vulnerable species, based on their nesting and brooding habits. They ARE NOT abundant as stated in the proposed CULL (and don’t be fooled ~ it is nothing but a CULL).
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Have a large nesting site that has killed off most of the fish in the pond next to it they are a very destructive messy bird
They seem to be coming very far inland to small ponds an tributaries and eating up everything
Need to be controlled
I think that this proposal is an antiquated solution in the twenty first century. There will be open season on these birds for a ridiculous amount of time. Surely, these days there is something else that can deal with the problem other than basically unregulated mass slaughter.
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I do not agree that a cull is required based on broad population figures. Population control occurs naturally when food and nesting opportunities are reduced by high populations. Humans have to stop interfering with our environment.
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Please do not allow this inhumane, mass killing of cormorants. There is no scientific evidence to support a mass killing of cormorants as beneficial to the environment.
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I believe something should be done, but the bag limit of 50 birds per day is very high and should be reconsidered. I'm not familiar with the process, but who came up with that number?
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Mass murder should not be used to try to control a targetted species population. It is unethical and uneffective. Please stop normalizing violence and speciesism. There are so many other options and resources to consider that do not cause unnecessary suffering using barbaric methods.
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I oppose the hunting of double-crested cormorants in the slap-dash fashion that your government is proposing. The potential for severe environmental damage is great.
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Pretty simple decision.....the fisheries are way more important to Ontario than stinkin ole cormorants.... all they do is gorge on the fish, breed like crazy and destroy any vegetation on the islands they decide to call home!
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If the double created cormorants are becoming that much of nuisance then yes , allowing them to be hunted seems reasonable to control the species .
However , like all other species that we are able to hunt , there should be more strict restrictions.
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You’re now going to allow people to shoot thing 8-9 months of the year. And allowing it from boats and open water where pellets can travel much further. And allowing during the busiest boating and water recreational times of the year. At what point did that strike someone as a good idea?
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re: Proposed Double-Crested Cormorant Eradication Program.
This is not a management program as much as it is an extermination program.
This is not based on any reliable science.
The Double-Breasted Cormorant is a recovered species that this program will turn into an endangered one.
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I personally do not like to see any animals 'culled' or hunted but in the case of the cormorant I think hunting them will be the only option to save some of our lakes and forests. Mind you without a better limit it will just be a slaughter..
Please to not pass this barbaric proposal. It makes absolutely no sense—nearly year-round hunting season, 50 birds/day/hunter? Who thought this up? No scientific, well-thought our evidence supports this.
I am strongly opposed to this proposal. It is designed solely to please the hunting and fishing community -- MNR's best friends because it derives much of its revenue from this segment of the population.
It is not grounded in the evidence:
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