I strongly disagree with the proposal to create a hunting season for double-crested cormorants in Ontario. Cormorants are not overly populous and allowing them to be hunted will surely lead to severe endangerment of the species.
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The “Proposal to establish a hunting season for double-crested cormorants in Ontario” (ERO number 013-4124) is poorly conceived and is likely to do more harm than good. It should be rejected.
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Excellent idea. Overpopulation of cormorants are an issue in the Kawarthas as they are killing fragile vegetation on every uninhabited island. This proposal provides a cost effective solution.
I vehemently oppose the plan by The Ford Government of Ontario to create a “hunt" of double-crested cormorants that could easily eradicate this important, ecologically beneficial native waterbird from most of the province.
As I understand, the Ford Government is proposing to:
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I have significant objections regarding the proposal to open a season on double crested cormorants. My objections center around my experiences as someone who loves the outdoors and also as a hunter.
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The greatest pest along the Great Lakes are those who are ignorant of and hostile to the balances of nature.
A prime example is the ridiculous idea of open season on cormorants that are a native species to the
Great Lakes.
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First, why?.I live on a fishing lake with ducks, loons, geese, commorants, pelicans and eagles.do we kill them all off? I like to fish but if it means killing wildlife so i can eat fish, I can go without.
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I am not against controlling wildlife where necessary.
The thought of open gun hunting from March 15- October is a recipe for disaster to our summer recreational activities as a Wild West mentality and activity prevails.
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I want to be another voice that agrees with this proposal. I work on the shores of Lake Ontario and live on Varty Lake. I have seen their population grow, while destroying everything green. A little forest Island across from Amherstview is completely burnt after these birds claimed it.
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Please reconsider the hunting season.
It should be post September when the birds are grown and also start with a much more limited scope until the impact is know on the population.
Noone needs to shoot 50 birds a day..and leaving the carcass to rot is disgusting..Deal with your own carnage if you are so blood thirsty...If they are eating invasive species...leave them alone......I though egg oiling was a method for population control...
At this time countless species are at risk of extinction. I would think that as guardians of this planet we should stress co-existence rather than slaughter!!
I do not believe that cormorants are a harmful species affecting fish stocks in the Great Lakes nor that they cause particularly problematic damage to shorelines.
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The open season on cormorants is far too long - 7 months.
A 50 bag per day limit is outrageous. You have managed to make them extinct.
Doug Ford - I did not vote for this.
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Should not be permitted during breeding season where hunting could affect young chicks.
You state that the population is now in decline or stable - doesn't seem like an urgent need to open a hunting season.
I agree entirely with the proposal to establish a hunting season for double-crested cormorants. I own a cottage on the great lakes and have witnessed first-hand the destruction these birds have caused to fish populations, marshes and wetlands.
Killing 50 cormorants per person per day just for the sake of killing them is a terrible way of controlling the population, The people shooting them are not marksmen and will also inflict injuries on both these birds and other species, What is the plan to dispose of the thousands of rotten and de
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Shooting 50 animals and throwing their carcasses in the garbage is not a hunt, its a slaughter. There is no evidence that there is an environmental problem here, just that some people don't like cormorants or how they live. The 9 1/2 month long "open season" is ridiculous.
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Cormorants are a real problem in our area (Orillia). Yes please. This is a very good proposal to control their population. I am a resident and boater and can see them even taking over now other areas other than what they have been claiming for the past years.
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