Freedom of Information requests for government documents pertaining to what I believe is the craziest wildlife management plan in Canadian history verify what I’ve heard “off the record” from sources within Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF). It plans to list double-crested cormorants as “game birds” (which they aren’t by any definition) and allow 50 per day to be killed with no limit on number killed, so long as the shooter is one of over 190,000 Ontarians holding an outdoor and small game license. And, it will create a “hunting” season for the birds from March 15, when nesting commences, to December 31, after nearly all have migrated south. For the first time in the history of Canadian hunting regulations, the birds can be left to rot…
Exposing the Big Game 