| # | Full Name | Comments |
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| 451 | Dianne Wilson | |
| 452 | Olga Van Kranendonk | In this day of rising fuel costs & trying to eat locally, it makes a LOT of sense to have a few chickens around the yard! I used to live in Amsterdam and they were allowed there. |
| 453 | Sarah Emberley | I'm a vegan who would consider adding eggs to her diet if chickens could be personally kept and cared for. |
| 454 | Anonymous | |
| 455 | Harriet Friedmann | we need to find ways to localize food. If chickens can be raised safely in the city, with regard to both public health and animal health, then by all means, let's do it. I think a change to the municipal code should contain specific limits as determined by public health experts, e.g., on the numbers relative to space; on the proper care of chickens by owners, etc. |
| 456 | Anonymous | I fully support the option to raise hens in the City of Toronto for all of the reasons mentioned above. It is integral that we all start to get much more serious about the eat local revolution.
With oil crises looming why would we want to rely on having our food shipped to us from every corner of the world? The city of Toronto could take a real leadership role and support initiatives such as this one that supports local food.
thank you,
Joanne Fisher |
| 457 | Anonymous | Would love to raise layers at home in Mississauga as I back onto a ravine and have the perfect spot. |
| 458 | Rebecca Zamon | |
| 459 | Laura Shilliday | If you are trully commited to greening up the City and promoting local food sustainability, then this should not be a problem. |
| 460 | Anonymous | sounds delicious... |
| 461 | Christina Selby | |
| 462 | Jocelyn Sacco | |
| 463 | jim lucas | I fully support this and I want it to be made legal. |
| 464 | Fiona Louden | Everyone has the right to feed themselves and this is a practical, healthy, cost effective way. |
| 465 | Chip Pitfield | It is lunacy that the City of Toronto prohibits the keeping of chickens. It would be entirely reasonable to create a household limit, but the blanket prohibition is senseless. |
| 466 | Genevieve | A couple of chickens per household would make a huge difference. Thanks. |
| 467 | shannon clark | Growing up my grandmother's neighbour kept lovely chickens and we benefitted from fresh eggs on a daily basis. Chickens are wonderful natural fertilizers. Keeping them well is part of learning to live peacefully within the environment and is a good lesson to our kids. |
| 468 | Wendy Field | I wish more people would see animals as something to love, enjoy and live harmoniously with. |
| 469 | Laurel Carter | Backyard chickens would be an incredibly positive and beneficial addition to our city and I see no valid reason for not allowing them! |
| 470 | Malgosia Halliop | |
| 471 | Basia Halliop | This is healthy, economical, environmentally friendly, and people have been doing it forever. |
| 472 | Anonymous | |
| 473 | Michael O'Flaherty | |
| 474 | Michelle Zylak | |
| 475 | Kathryn Barlow | Chickens are amazing creatures. This is simply an alternative to having indoor birds. What's the issue?
Toronto Councillors...think of the revenue opportunity... a license for each chicken. |
| 476 | Anonymous | I agree with all the comments above .
There are various cities on the USA that legalize chickens in the city in small numbers. I am not in favor of legalizing larger operations in residential neighbourhoods for commercial purposes. commerecial operation. |
| 477 | Angela Sa'd | Please let us raise chickens in our backyard. It is ecological, economical and environmentally conscientious. I would support a bylaw that would allow a small number of chickens to be raised with a minimum square footage that would allow for healthly living conditions. |
| 478 | Deborah Barndt | |
| 479 | Anonymous | Makes alot of sense to me!
If it doesnt bother anybody and its good for the environment, why not allow 3 or 4 to keep it reasonable? |
| 480 | Anonymous | I fully support this petition. When I purchase eggs at the grocery store I always buy free range and organic. Unfortunately I am not confident that these standards are upheld. I want to know where my eggs are produced and that the chickens lead a happy and joyful life. My backyard is the perfect place for them. |
| 481 | Kate Harris | Earwigs are out of control in my neighbourhood, eating every herb, flower and veggie that anyone plants. Chickens are the only birds that eat earwigs. Please legalize chickens. |
| 482 | Jacqueline Allen | It is time we are allowed to be more responsible for our own private food supply no matter where you live! |
| 483 | Anonymous | |
| 484 | caryn miller | The idea of raising chickens for eggs or as pets makes a lot of sense to me. |
| 485 | Anonymous | |
| 486 | Elaine MacNeill | Some people draw the line at roosters, but I don't. When I first moved to Toronto, I loved waking up to roosters crows - but they were banished shortly after. |
| 487 | hadar nestel | I support urban agriculture! |
| 488 | Jillian Oliver | |
| 489 | Nick Bruzzese | I think raising chickens in a city back yard is great. It is a great source of good locally grown food and is a contact with the natural world we often miss. In favour of chickens at home. |
| 490 | Gianna Cargnelli | |
| 491 | Kirsten Nelson | I would love to legally keep a few chickens in our backyard. If the city wanted to impose a household limit (as they do with other pets) to keep the numbers down, that would be fine with me. |
| 492 | Anonymous | |
| 493 | Pam Belony | |
| 494 | Laura Meschino | |
| 495 | Anonymous | |
| 496 | Mitch Gascoyne | |
| 497 | Anonymous | |
| 498 | Heather Doherty | |
| 499 | elaine hamat | |
| 500 | Anonymous | Less rules please.
More local food = more local involvement,
great for families, kids, the community and the planet!
Its time for Toronto to be a leader in this kind of forward thinking. Make us proud to live in Toronto. |