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Destroy bird eggs to protect nature

While neither for or against the Toronto Island airport, I feel compelled to comment on a recent letter to the editor with respect to bird strikes and the Island airport.

I suggest that we look at the real problem and that is the birds themselves. The best solution would be to allow for the selective destruction of the birds eggs therefore limiting the numbers of cormorants, gulls and geese.

There are far too many of them already and they are primarily a nuisance. The cormorants annihilate the fish population in the areas where they congregate and their feces destroy the trees where they nest.

The gulls are not much better and as for the geese, just try to find a clear area on the grass anywhere in any of our waterfront parks.

They are not just a Toronto problem and the health risks posed by them are real concerns that affect more people and are much easier to deal with than an airport.

If you are against the airport that’s OK but don’t use the birds as an argument. The same can be said for the wind turbine issues that are currently on the table.

Writer’s name withheld by request