Wildlife should never be taken from their natural environments and held captive by hunters. It’s especially cruel to use rabbits, coyotes, and foxes as pawns for hunters to train dogs and hold competitions.
I reject the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry’s proposal to allow new licences and the transfer of licences for train and trial areas in Ontario.
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I firmly oppose this proposal. It is cruel and unfair to trap and confine wildlife in order to use them as prey for the sole purpose of watching them suffer. This antiquated practice must remain banned.
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These kind of training practices are cruel, barbaric immoral, and unethical. They violate the ethics of fair chase and sportsmanship. They are nothing more than blood sport and should be banned.
I've heard Ontario already is doing this again...using coyotes as bait dogs for training is dog fighting... that's illegal.
I lead a wildlife advocacy group in Ottawa pushing for changes in the wildlife strategy plan.
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This is cruel and unacceptable practices. This should be stopped rather than adding opportunities for animals to be mistreated and killed.
It is a barbaric practice on all levels for all animals involved.
I was shocked to learn these facilities exist in Ontario. I was more shocked to learn that in 2023 the Province is considering expanding them.
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Ontario's original plan was to phase these facilities out, to double back on this in 2023 after nearly 30 years of promises is just egregious. It shows that Ontario has no shame when it comes to allowing antiquated and archaic hunting practices to continue.
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This is barbaric, incredibly cruel to wildlife, and completely unnecessary. Please do not expand licenses and please rather protect our natural wildlife - they have as much right to be here as any other living being.
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I absolutely oppose the movement by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry’s proposal to allow step backs on these decades old fish and wildlife laws. This is a clearly barbaric practice that is cruel and so painfully unnecessary.
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I am vehemently opposed to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry’s proposal to allow new licenses and the transfer of licenses for train and trial areas in Ontario.
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This proposal is barbaric, animals should not be treated or exposed to that type of cruelty. This is a step backwards for mankind, there must be better ways to “train” animals than killing penned wild animals. It would make more sense to close the existing facilities than open more!!!
There’s a reason why the continuation of these practices were prevented from opening new licences. If we suddenly allow new ones to open and licence transfers now, it defeats the entire purpose of stopping them back in 1997.
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These practices are cruel, archaic and absolutely disgusting. How is this even a question of possibility.
I firmly reject the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry’s proposal to allow new licenses and the transfer of licenses for train and trial areas in Ontario.
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Please don't make this step backward. Hunting pens are cruel and were to be phased out beginning in the 90s. Having hunting dogs chase, exhaust, hurt, to eventually kill coyotes and foxes in a confined area is torture.
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I am very upset that the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry’s proposes allowing New licenses and the Transfer of existing licenses to train dogs to brutely kill other animals, in Ontario. Oh my God this is worse than I could imagine!! No, no. Do not do this!!
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