I do not agree with this proposition. It is cruel to confine animals and hunting dogs in an enclosed space for the sole purpose of training and judging performance. There must be another way to train these dogs. I do not wish to see this approved.
The Ontario government is proposing to bring back more train and trail facilities. A few of these facilities apparently do exist still, but were to be phased out starting in 1997.
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This is a disgusting proposal, all such facilities should be banned not expanded upon. To allow captive wildlife to be preyed upon and Savaged is not something that this taxpayer wants in the province. Citizens of Ontario are not permitted to keep captive wildlife.
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This was closed all those years ago for a reason! Do not open any new ones, and the existing ones should be closed immediately.
It is a cruel, and inhumane, way to treat these animals. Dogs are meant to be pets, not killing machines.
These facilities are not well-maintained -- there's little oversight and the provincial government and natural resources minister are now being transparent about how they're regulated.
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This is torture and has nothing to do with responsible hunting.
Why don't we do this to people? Oh, they have rights to be treated humanely.
These are sentient animals no different from humans.
I am totally against canned/penned hunting.
Canned hunting innocent animals is beyond cruel and barbaric! Canned animals don’t stand a chance and die in fear and agony. What kind of monsters do this? Where is the compassion and welfare for all living creatures our province claims to uphold? This must NOT come to fruition!
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This is vile. These facilities are cruel to the wild animals. There is no justification for this vileness and cruelty. This proposal should not be entertained and most certainly should not see the light of day.
I cannot believe that in 2023 our province is expanding facilities that pen coyotes, foxes and rabbits to train hunting dogs. They have no chance of escape. Stop this inhumane practice! It sounds like something out of bad sci-fi stories when I was a teenager. We KNOW BETTER now!
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All approved comments? So you will only publish the comments that you approve? How horrible that we will never ever know that the majority of people in this province are sickened by this. How horrible that you are catering to the deep pocket lobbyist orgs. How horrible for the innocent animals.
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Wildlife should never be taken from their natural environments and held captive by hunters. It’s especially cruel to use rabbits, coyotes, and foxes as pawns for hunters to train dogs and hold competitions. This should be rejected immediately.
We don't have enough data to show that the impact of removing animals from their wild habitat is neutral. This practice is inhumane and challenging to regulate. Existing facility licenses should be let to expire and new ones shouldn't be issued.
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SHAME!!!!!!!! This is not sport or hunting is just killing wild animals !
The idea here is to capture wild animals and put them in pens with dogs where they can be torn to pieces. Supporters say the practice is designed to train dogs.
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The Ontario government is…
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This is a very bad idea.
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Canned hunting is one of the…
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This was closed all those…
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Please don’t do this it’s…
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These facilities are not…
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This is torture and has…
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