11-22-2021, 05:15 PM
A few years ago the Ontario government okayed the hunting of Cormorants. They allowed hunters to kill 15 birds a day from Sept 15-Dec 31.
The birds are not used for food and the bodies are often abandoned where they are killed. Cormorant colonies are declining rapidly and could disappear if this goes on.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/co...-1.6256892
This is not the only bad thing this particular government has done, but it is one that could soon be irreversible. No species could survive having each hunter able to kill 15 per day for 3 1/2 months. The decision to do this makes no ecological sense. It does not take into account the impact of having a one species decimated like this. It is a brutal slaughter and it needs to be stopped before it is too late.
There is an election in the spring. I hope it is not to late for the cormorants.
The birds are not used for food and the bodies are often abandoned where they are killed. Cormorant colonies are declining rapidly and could disappear if this goes on.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/co...-1.6256892
This is not the only bad thing this particular government has done, but it is one that could soon be irreversible. No species could survive having each hunter able to kill 15 per day for 3 1/2 months. The decision to do this makes no ecological sense. It does not take into account the impact of having a one species decimated like this. It is a brutal slaughter and it needs to be stopped before it is too late.
There is an election in the spring. I hope it is not to late for the cormorants.
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Catherine
