ERO #025-0781: Proposals to…

ERO #025-0781: Proposals to reduce regulatory and administrative burden, and enable
Increased economic opportunities for licensed trappers and fur dealers.

Once again, Doug Ford’s government is attacking wildlife with no concern about the manner of their demise. The government’s proposed beaver trapping regulations could have detrimental consequences for animal welfare, environmental protection and transparency.

Animal traps do not discriminate as to what species may become their victims, and they do not always kill instantly. Expanding trapping on Crown land during the closed season could disrupt and threaten ecosystems, waterways, and biodiversity.

Permitting trappers to use pistols after dark increases the risk of animal suffering. How long might it take to find an injured animal in the dark, prolonging its suffering?

Reducing reporting requirements for fur dealers will make it more difficult to ensure that trapping practices comply with humane and environmental standards, and that is troubling. It is essential to ensure that trapping practices comply with the required standards. Laws governing trapping need to prioritize animal welfare and should be based using the most current, peer-reviewed science.

All this animal suffering and cruelty for money.

- Why do you want to allow the sale of raw beaver castoreum by licensed fur dealers?
- Why do you want to reduce reporting requirements for licensed fur dealers that would
reduce transparency and public accountability?
- Why do you want to expand methods for killing trapped furbearing mammals?
- Why permit the trapping of beavers on Crown land during the closed season?
- Why are you even considering these proposals? In Ontario, wildlife has a deadly target
on their lives and limbs.

There just isn’t any justification for this killing of beavers, or the accidental injuring/killing of any other animal species that might be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Enlighten us.

Respectfully submitted,