Ontario - I'm appalled. What is the meaning of this barbarism?! On one hand, Canada is banning animal testing, on the other hand, live wildlife is being treated as bait? Am I reading this right?
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I do not agree with this. Keeping wildlife in cages so that hunting dogs can be trained is incredibly cruel. This will cause huge amounts of stress and suffering on the wildlife.
Allowing such facilities to exist in a “civilized country” is shameful. How many citizens know that such facilities exist? Respect for all life is important and fundamental. Terrorizing creatures for fun or sport is insane. Stop allowing this to happen in our beautiful Canada.
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This is unacceptable. Cruel and inhumane. I'm shuddering at the thought that we've put people in office who represent such regressive views. Absolutely deplorable.
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Selective compassion is no compassion at all. I've had dogs my whole life, and I would never subject another animal to torture, fear and pain to "train" my dog. How does a provincial government even entertain this type of backward and violent proposal?
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This has come to the notice of the UK, where it would never become approved law. We have plenty of animal cruelty and welfare abuses, but there is a fast growing majority in rural and urban areas which abhors such instances once it is made public.
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This is abhorrent. The province’s existing 24 facilities should be closed and the proposal should be scrapped. This is absolute cruelty. In my 65 years I've never heard of this and I'm ashamed of the government for permitting such a thing.
As a life long resident of Ontario, a 30 year veteran of the Toronto Police Service, and owner of a bloodhound I firmly 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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Allowing hunters to trap animals in their dens is completely unacceptable, especially for sport and/or use for training dogs for ‘the hunt’. Unnecessarily cruel and senseless.
This regressive inhumane proposal promotes and glorifies cruelty and blood lust. It is entirely inconsistent with any purported respect for wildlife - have we not evolved since Roman blood sport?
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I strongly oppose the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry’s proposal to allow new licenses, and the transfer of existing licenses, for dog train and trial areas in Ontario.
Penned dog hunting facilities are cruel to the wild animals used to train dogs to hunt.
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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.
Penned dog hunting facilities are cruel to wild animals that are subjected to various methods used to train dogs to hunt.
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The proposal to use captive wildlife as bait to train hunting dogs is absurd! What is this a school for hunting dogs now! I love dogs and think they should just be companion animals not hunters they are not wild animals. These dogs need exercise in the off season ….give me a break!
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Please remember that we are mammals, too — just like the rabbits that you consider expendable. It doesn’t matter if they are not endangered. Every single sentient being deserves consideration as an individual with its own nervous system that feels fear and pain.
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Animals need love they don't deserve cruelty please stop that we humans have been exploiting all are resources since day1 but animals is not a resource.
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This is an absolutely disgusting policy. Putting animals through that type of torture by choice is an unbelievable move from the government. Their lack of respect for the environment and wildlife ceases to amaze me.
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I had to read this proposal a few times because I couldn't believe what is being proposed. The Ministry is advocating using live wildlife to train hunting dogs. These foxes, rabbits, coyotes, etc. are going to be chased and then torn apart.
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