This is a poorly thought-out and dangerous idea. You should instead be closing these types of licenses. 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.
I support these new proposed amendments. Hunters should be able to hunt with dogs. It could eventually help with nusence wild animals such as coyotes in urban parks and wood lots. Could aid in public safety and reduce the likelihood of pets being hunted while in their backyards.
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. This is not only cruel, it is barbaric to both family pets and our wildlife.
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I am TOTALLY against the issuance of new licences and the transfer of existing ones for dog train and trial areas. We had the science more than twenty years ago to convince us that this practice was inhumane.
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This should not be allowed at all! I am ashamed to live in a province that allows such cruelty. I can not get over how awful this is. What kind of country do we live in, where we place captured animals in confined spaces so they can be hunted and killed by dogs.
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Do not support this at all. Why would we want more animals to be held in captivity and then essentially tortured for “sport”. There is absolutely no need to have more of these facilities, 24 is even too many.
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I am a dog lover and understand that hunting plays a part in the lives of some dogs. I am not against hunting in a wild and open atmosphere but I am against this type of training facility where animals are hunted in a closed space. This is cruel and inhumane.
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Trapping wildlife, holding them captive in pens they cannot escape from, then using them as bait for dogs to hunt - dogs driven by humans for profit - is not sporting nor can it be accurately called a sport.
So, be honest. It's not a sport.
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This might be the dumbest proposal I have ever heard (though with the idiots running Ontario these days that isnt really surprising). Why the hell are we letting people aggressively train their pets???? this is no different to encouraging dogfighting rings or something.
I know. Let’s put people who like to hunt in an in a cage so we can train bears, coyotes and wolves to only pursue and kill those types of people. This practice of training hunting dogs by offering them animals who can’t escape is repulsive, shameful, cruel and inhumane.
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This is a bad idea and will make dogs more aggressive. I have big concerns about the possibility of rabies transmission from wild animals to family pets, especially for pets who haven’t been up to date of their immunizations. If you need to cull coyotes then have a controlled MNR hunt.
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Using dogs for hunting is reprehensible. Let's not step back in time, where animal cruelty was accepted. I cannot and will not support a party that encourages animal cruelty.
Thank you.
Jean
I am appalled that this is being proposed and that some of these facilities still exist. It is cruel to the wildlife and encourages aggressive behaviour in the dogs. I would also not be surprised if this ended up in dogfighting and betting. This is a disturbing proposal in a civilized society
This is absolutely horrific and unnecessary. Wild animals deserve to live their lives without the fear of being stolen and hunted in a confined area.
We should not be training dogs to be more aggressive then they already can be.
This is disgusting, and with Ford planning to destroy the Greenbelt, this will only create a worse situation for animals.Wildlife should never be taken from their natural environments and held captive by hunters.
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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 the wild animals that are subjected to various methods used to train dogs to hunt.
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