2008 Hunting Regulations Summary Now Available

    McGuinty Government Provides New Hunting Opportunities

    TORONTO, April 14 /CNW/ -

    NEWS

    The 2008 Hunting Regulations Summary is now online and will be available
at hunting licence issuers across the province the week of April 21.
    Changes for this year include additional wild turkey spring seasons in
three Wildlife Management Units
(http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/MNR/hunting/turkey/2008_spring_turkey_WMUs_ENGLISH.p
df) in central Ontario. Also, for the first time, a fall wild turkey hunt is
proposed for 2008.
    The summary provides information on upcoming changes, including a new
non-resident Outdoors Card to be introduced in 2009 and information on the
review of Ontario's moose program.

    QUOTES

    "Wild turkeys are thriving again in Ontario. The successful
reintroduction of this species adds to the biological diversity of our
province and provides new recreational opportunities for many Ontarians," said
Natural Resources Minister Donna Cansfield
(http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/MNR/csb/message/DonnaCansfield_bio.html).

    QUICK FACTS-   All revenue from sales of hunting and fishing licences in Ontario is
        used for wildlife and fisheries management.

    -   Since the initial release of wild turkeys as part of a restoration
        project in 1984, the wild turkey population in Ontario has grown to
        70,000 birds.

    LEARN MORE

    You can get a copy of the summary online at ontario.ca/hunting
(http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/MNR/pubs/pubmenu.html#hunting).

    For more information on hunting seasons and limits, call the Natural
Resources Information Centre at 1-800-667-1940.

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For further information: David Bauer, Minister's Office, [phone];
Jolanta Kowalski, Communications Services Branch, [phone]