These types of facilities should not be operational with the use of live prey. Hunting dogs can be trained without the need to trap, cage, and abuse wildlife to train them. Canada needs to create actual protections for animals of all kinds against cruelty.
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This is the most barbaric practice and needs to stop immediately! Who are we to use and abuse wild animals in this manner! All in the name of hunting? For heavens sake get in the 21st century! Nobody needs this horrible and cruel practice to continue.
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Penned dog hunting facilities are cruel to the wild animals that are subjected to various methods used to train dogs to hunt. Wildlife should never be taken from their natural environments and held captive by hunters.
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No new licenses to allow dog train and trial areas should be permitted- EVER! This practise ends up with innocent animals being hunted and tortured and killed for ‘training’. How can any ethical, humane, human being ever allow such a practice again?
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This is so incredibly cruel. No animal deserves to be treated this way. This is taking a step back. Instead of opening new applications, the province’s existing 24 facilities should be closed. We need to treat all animals with respect and compassion.
It is unacceptable, heartbreaking, and against everything Canadians are and should be known for for dog train and trial facilities to even exist.
I oppose the issuing of new licences and would like to plead to close existing ones immediately.
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This should not be allowed this is inhumane treatment to our wildlife to another living being, people who commit these acts of torture and cruelty against our wildlife and other animals is simply psychopathic behavior, this should be completely outlawed, animals are a living being they have souls t
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Instead of opening new applications, the province’s 24 existing facilities should be closed. 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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I am strongly opposed to barbaric dog train and trial facilities. It is cruel to take wildlife out of their natural habitat and pen them up. Then, to subject them to being torn apart by dogs.
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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.
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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 beyond cruel to the wild animals that are subjected to various methods used to train dogs to hunt.
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This is absolutely insane. What kind of government would endorse this in today's time.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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I am completing against the issuance of licences for new dog train and trial areas,
this is complete cruelty and wildlife should remain in there natural habitats
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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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This is so wrong! 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!!
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For God’s sake, do not allow wild animals to be trapped, penned and used to train dogs to kill. Is this something you would want children to learn is ethical and acceptable human behavior towards any animal? For God’s sake, demonstrate ethical leadership by not going down this road.
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This makes absolutely no sense! "New train and trial areas were last approved to be established in 1997 and were intended to be phased-out over time." Why would we now, in 2023, decide to open new facilities when this was supposed to be phased out?!?! Such a cruel step in a backwards direction.
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