I would love to see my fellow falconers of the North enjoy the wild take of birds we have access to here in the United States. From all we know it is highly unlikely for a first year bird to survive the winter (70-90% fatality) and as such a wild trapped bird is considered a no impact scenario.
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Raptors have a sustainable population. It’s is a scientific fact that falconers are of no impact. In fact 99 percent of falconers are conservationists promoting wildlife. Most wild caught birds are released back into the wild at breeding age.
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I support Falconers having the ability to take wild birds in Ontario. Falconers tend to be excellent stewards of the natural world. They tend to gather knowledge and make good choices for the entire ecosystem and all members therein.
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I support the take of Wild Raptors in the province of Ontario for the practice of falconry. Wild-take is practiced across the US and has shown no environmental impact to raptor populations.
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I am a falconer of over 40 years experience. Taking first year hawks from the wild for falconry purposes has absolutely no effect on wild populations as the USFWS found when they looked into the issue in the 1980's.
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Falconers have played an important role in raptor conservation, and by allowing more falconers to have access to wild birds, the MNRF is encouraging more active conservation and citizen science.
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My Grampa is a Falconer and he takes me hawking every opportunity he can. We fly passage redtails a falcon and a Goshawk. I am very much in favour of the proposal to expand the wild take permits and include Goshawks.
My grandfather is a falconer and takes me out hawking almost every weekend after I am done playing hockey. I am in favour of the wild take expansion program and including Goshawks.
This proposal would suitably update regulations to more closely align with North American falconry practices, while still appropriately limiting the wild-take of non-threatened Birds of Prey. This is a reasonable and environmental conscientious proposal, one which I am personally in favor of.
I am the CEO of the International Association for Falconry and Conservation of Birds of Prey, IAF, which represents falconry and raptor conservation organizations in over 90 countries. North America has the most favorable set of legislation for the conservation of birds of prey in the world.
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My father is a diehard falconer and I’ve been out hawking with him and his passage redtail many times. I am in favour of expanding wild take along with the addition of Goshawks.
the majority of wild birds of prey die in their first year of life. When falconer takes a young bird from the wild he can ensure that the bird is healthy and hunting well before releasing it back to the wild. Wild bird take by falconers is good for raptor populations.
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