Dear Minister. This is the height of animal cruelty. Why are we training hunting dogs? Perhaps you should consider how your pet would respond to being confined and regularly hunted by dogs.
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Thank you for allowing thoughts from the public on this proposal. While I understand that wildlife needs to be controlled in order to not become a danger to people, pets or livestock, I believe that wildlife should never be taken from their natural environments and held captive by hunters.
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I am against the trapping of wild animals in penned areas for hunters to train their dogs for hunting and killing. It is cruel and wild animals are in need of protecting, especially with the significant land conversion going on right now.
Government sanctioned animal fighting. This is just a disgusting way for suffering enthusiasts to get their jollies off.
Wondering why this is necessary at all? How have we trained hunting dogs this whole time without this? I'm sure we can manage without this shameless money grab.
While other civilized countries actually realize that this kind of hunting and trials, where animals are chased, tracked and killed purely for the enjoyment of a a few people, is absolutely barbaric, inhuman and cruel, our administration is wasting manpower and taxpayer money to facilitate this kind
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It is stomach turning gruesome. Phase it out. It is an ugly business. It is no different than a cock fight or an illegal dog fight except, sport hunters are using wild animals and possibly tame rabbits.
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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 training 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 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.
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Inhumane and unacceptable. I am vhemently opposed. It was supposed to be phased out for a reason. It inflicts cruel and unusual punishment for the wild animals. It also totally unnecessary.
Using live animals as bait for sport is not okay.
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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This practice was outlawed and mothballed by Premier Harris for a reason. To bring it back is unfortunate and unnecessary. The Ford government should not be promoting what amounts to dog and cock fights in our great province. We are going backwards as a province.
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It is an abomination that these type of facilities currently operate. To capture a wild animal and confine it as live bait for sport is something that an evolved society should have abolished long ago! This is cruel to wild animals!
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It is unimaginably cruel to use wildlife as bait for training dogs to kill. We should not allow more facilities to partake in this, and we need to investigate whether closing down existing ones makes more sense.
We have to stop the senseless violence. It has no place in our society.
I adamantly reject this proposal! This practice is obviously cruel and should be abolished entirely! It is shocking to hear that an expansion of this barbaric activity is being considered.
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