The hunting season will run between Sept. 15 and Dec. 31 starting this year, the ministry said. According to the ministry, cormorants are dangerous because their droppings can kill trees and other vegetation, thus depriving safe nesting habitats for other colonial waterbirds. According to surveys from the ministry, cormorant populations seem to be on an increase in Lake Ontario, Lake Erie and Lake Superior, while the numbers stay steady in Lake Huron and St. Lawrence River. “I am seriously concerned that they’re just going to remove cormorants from Ontario,” she told the Star. Sign Up NowAccording to Fraser, it’s not fair to simply say cormorants kill trees, because they are not nesting in every possible tree across the Great Lakes region.

Source: thestar August 03, 2020 10:52 UTC