While I understand training dogs to hunt wildlife may be necessary for some people, using captive wildlife for this training is inhumane and unethical. These animals can feel pain and should be treated no different from how we treat pets in our home.
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This proposal is suggesting an extremely cruel and quite frankly archaic program. As an Ottawa resident, I am shocked that these facilities not only exist but are also in consideration to be expanded.
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This proposal is absolutely inhumane. Using a live animal to train for hunting, ignoring the cruelty of what that animal will suffer is absolutely sickening. In this day one would hope from better from human kind. The government should absolutely not be considering this.
It is archaic and inhumane to train dogs by using live animals as bait. With today's technology, I'm sure it is possible to create life-like decoys to use for training.
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I’m a Canadian citizen and I know that this is outrageous and unnecessary. It is absolutely inhumane. It is inhumane to torture an animal. I’m so ashamed how behind Canada is when it comes to animal rights.
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I don't see the point of creating more of these facilities. Hunting regulations at the moment seem quite strict, so I can't imagine the demand for hunting dogs to be all that high.
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This is totally inhumane. I can't believe that a government would continue this outrageous treatment of wild animals. It's totally unacceptable to hunt wildlife in enclosed areas to train dogs for a SPORT. Get with the current times. It's outrageous that this would even be considered to continue.
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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 would like to express my total opposition to the proposed new bill to allow penned hunting. I cannot believe that the Ontario Government are proposing this. It is clearly Animal Cruelty at its absolutely worst. Also for Domestic dogs to be inter-acting with Coyotes seems very dangerous indeed.
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It is inhumane to use rabbits, coyotes, and foxes as bait to train dogs. Instead of allowing new applications, the province’s existing 24 facilities need to be closed immediately.
Penned hunting facilities are inhumane. No wild animals should be taken from their natural habitat / home and and tortured for the purposes of training another animal to track and kill the animal that has been taken captive.
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As an Ontarian, I strongly object to the expansion of this proposal. These facilities are cruel and inhumane; their existence is abhorrent for society.
Instead of allowing any more, they all should be shut down.
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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Please noet how appalling this proposal is. It is a shame on the province and the country. This is primitive Roman coliseum type behavior. I've been sickened by the thought of this for days, please reconsider this
I am completely opposed to this amendment. Training dogs to hunt by using live animals is incredibly cruel. I cannot believe that in 2023, the Ontario government is planning to support such inhumane practices. In fact, unless people need to hunt for food, hunting should be abolished.
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This is a horrific proposal as animal welfare and animal advocates work to fight for animals the governments of Canada, both federal and provincial, consistently thwart all efforts.
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I am sure in 2023 we can train dogs without using innocent trapped animals as bait. Is there not some other way to accomplish what is needed than have other animals suffer and die to achieve this goal????
Unbelievable…..Unnecessary horrific idea!!!!!!
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