I have many issues with this bill. Firstly, the birds would be shot with "shot". Today most shotgun shells are still using lead pellets. This is a hazard in our waterways. As well, the extremely long hunting season means birds still on the nest or just fledged will be shot.
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I am strongly against this proposed hunting of Cormorants.
There is virtually no limit on how many can be hunted...50/day times 291 days for just one hunter is an astonishing 14,550 birds!
The impact on other wildlife near them will be detrimental.
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I concur with most of the proposed changes. The limit may be a bit extreme. I see the proposed regulation changes regarding motor boats as a necessity to effectively hunt cormorants.
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This should not come to pass- where is the body of evidence supporting this proposal? It appears to be based on anecdotal information at this point.
At 50 birds per day, what’s to stop entire flocks/ colonies being depleted?
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Please do not consider this unethical proposal. It is unnecessary and severe - this proposal must be tossed out. This is incredibly cruel and this is damaging to the environment.
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I strongly oppose the open Hunting Season for the Double-crested-Comorants. As the miss- guided believe that the Comorants are depleting Fish in Ontario's Lakes and rivers , there has been no studies proving this concept.
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The Proposal to establish a hunting season for double-crested cormorants in Ontario
EBR 013-4124
December 13/2018
I have reviewed the proposal and have following comments:
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- lacks any background information (online) regarding population numbers in various areas or lakes.
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Government policies impacting wildlife and the environment must have a sound scientific basis. "Concerns" expressed by the commercial fishing industry and property owners represent hearsay evidence and not science.
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The proposal to allow a protracted hunting season with a huge kill limit for the double crested cormorant seems like a 19th century idea that is not about wildlife population management but wholesale decimation of a species.
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The damage I see to near shore fish populations on the open waters of lake Ontario is devastating not to say if left unchecked much longer there will not be a tree left standing on False Duck Island.
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Me and my kids are absolutely against this proposal. This is cruel and unnecessary, no one is starving here, so these poor birds will be killed for fun and entertainment of some bloodthirsty people. We want to see our nature very much alive and happy. Live and let live.
This is a bad idea and not based on scientific information about cormorants. They do not eat sport fish nor the fish eaten by sports fish. They do damage property but so do many other birds. Canada Geese far outnumber cormorants and pollute parks and waterways but they are not included.
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Do not slaughter the cormorant birds. This is a cruel, barbaric act that is not effective. This goes against what Canadians believe in and is acceptable.
Why establish a hunting season for a bird that was recently brought back from the brink of extinction? This will benefit absolutely nobody and result in the senseless destruction of what was already a vulnerable species.
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Do not extend hunting season for double crested cormorants in Ontario. Cormorants are beneficial because their diet consists of very large numbers of primarily invasive fish, such as alewives and round gobies, as well as other non-commercial, non-forage species.
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The notion that it is humane to shoot defenceless Cormorants( or any other animal) for sport is completely disgusting.It is obvious our species has not evolved and our capacity for care and compassion for other living and breathing species on the planet is sadly lacking.
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I believe that a season to hunt cormorants in Ontario is way overdue!!
They have already devastated a lot of fish populations and destroyed a lot of land and vegetation.
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