I believe this is a wreck less way to handle the cormorant populations. I do agree that the cormorant population can be overbearing in some locations, however, complaints of the cormorants being detrimental to fish populations seems to be a stretch.
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I appose the Ontario Governments proposal to open hunting for Double Crested Cormorant.
The season and the limit can potentially destroy the Cormorant population which has only recently rebounded from past environmental pressures.
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Something should be done to control the population growth of Ontario’s commorants. They are changing the habitat on the shores of Lake Ontario and some islands on the lake and on the St. Lawrence River. Other species are being driven out and trees being killed by their guano.
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Humans have caused far more damage to the waters and shores of Lake Ontario than the cormorants. We produce many times their waste. Yet we insist on saying we have a right to evict these birds from some of the last spaces left to them to nest.
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The killing of 14000 of these birds PER SEASON is an inhumane policy and further research from your council needs to be brought to your attention because there is a lot of misinformation here!
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Please do not cull these cormorants. We should not interfere with nature, else we risk upsetting nature's balance. Such a cull could go too far and we could lose these birds forever.
I'm incredibly concerned about this proposal for a few reasons; #1, a 50 bird per day per person limit seems incredibly high, and may not be sustainable for this species, depending on how many people take up hunting them.
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I do not support this proposal as it is a band-aid solution to a larger problem. There are far greater impacts to commercial fishing industry and island habitat then a native bird population that is a perceived nuisance.
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I believe this action is too hasty and there should be population studies completed before legislation like this is allowed to pass.
The current information about 'over population' is anecdotal and we should not be changing the population dynamics without more accurate and complete information.
OUR FAMILY STRONGLY OPPOSES THE PROPOSED DECIMATION OF THE DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT POPULATION!
The Government of Ontario is proposing a "hunt" of double-crested cormorants that could easily eradicate this important, ecologically beneficial native waterbird from most of the province!
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On a recent visit to the museum I had the opportunity to reflect on the fate of the passenger pigeon and Eskimo curlew, species now extinct due to over hunting. Once considered abundant and a nuisance, they now longer are, they simply no longer exist.
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I am commenting on behalf of a 3,000+ member not-for-profit organization called We Care About Animals. We collectively find this proposal to allow the hunting of large numbers of cormorants odious.
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This method of control is a welcome addition. Cormorant populations are growing out of control & eradicating vegetation wherever they roost. The effect on fish populations may be speculative but the destruction of vegetation is not.
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Thank you for considering this hunt. The Cormorant is a nuisance, invasive species that is decimating fish stocks in many areas instead of eating the much harder zebra mussels that it was brought here to help take care of.
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