| # | Full Name | Comments |
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| 101 | Kate MacNaughton | Fabulous petition but what about ducks? Every bit as lovely as chicks, ravenous insectivores and a nice option if neighbours are sensitive to noise. And duck eggs are stellar. |
| 102 | Kevin Saunders | |
| 103 | Adam Stec | We used to live in Toronto, however due to restrictions like not being able to raise chicken or rabbits we moved to the country. However, I may move back, since our small kids may benefit from city life. |
| 104 | Nikki Holwell | By raising our own food we will reduce the number of times we drive to the store. |
| 105 | Laurie Anne Gomes-Skonieczny | |
| 106 | Robert Bernecky | Until about 20 years ago, people were happily keeping chickens in Kensington Market.
That seemed to work just fine. Let's go back to that
sensible idea. |
| 107 | David Dittmar | |
| 108 | Anonymous | I'd love to see responsible chicken keeping reflected in our municipal code! |
| 109 | Anonymous | Chickens for all!!!!! |
| 110 | Anonymous | |
| 111 | Annie Dupuis | |
| 112 | Audrey MacLeod | I think it's a really good idea, I hope our councillors are listening!!! |
| 113 | Anonymous | |
| 114 | Asghar Jafri | Chickens in the backyard is a great idea. Fresh eggs would be wonderful, can you imagine the kiddies' faces? Another good reason to move to Brampton! (Hazel, please note). |
| 115 | Pat Bingley | a limited number of chicken (perhaps 6 as a max) will not be a problem in backyards. No roosters. If people can collect and keep multiple cats, dogs, rabbits .... why can't they raise a few chickens to supplement their food sources. |
| 116 | David Elfstrom | Toronto recently hosted a conference on urban agriculture. What would sustainable urban agriculture be without chickens? Maybe a solution is for the city to license chickens, the way it licenses just about everything else, including pets. |
| 117 | Doug Best | We raised chickes for years and found them to be easily reared and a good source of healthy eggs and meat in general. |
| 118 | Jim Neff | licence required, with fee to cover test:
care, diseases, housing of urban fowl |
| 119 | Naomi Eaton | |
| 120 | hongwei li | Hi,
Please allow us to raise chickens in back yard.
Regards,
Hongwei |
| 121 | Anonymous | I think it GREAT I cant even do it in North Brantford, so stupid |
| 122 | Randy Ray | |
| 123 | leana | |
| 124 | L. Petrovic | I would love to hear chickens clucking in my yard. |
| 125 | Gavin Gaudet | |
| 126 | Anonymous | |
| 127 | George Silva | In an age of health and well being, let Torontonians do as they wish with their food sources. |
| 128 | Anonymous | |
| 129 | Christopher Collins | |
| 130 | Ed Guillermo | Yah ! it's a great idea, after all we are in the trend of organic healthy food, those eggs must be less cholesterol from the one u bought from somewhereelse, and hey it's a good theraphy for yourself. Let it be done ! |
| 131 | Mark Grossi | I support having a limited ammount of chickens per house hold were land permits for egg production. |
| 132 | Elaine Chen | I think this is a wonderful idea! |
| 133 | Grisha Boyko-Vekin | |
| 134 | Silvie Varone | My mom converted our garge into a chicken coop when I was growing up in Toronto. Nothing like a fresh egg for breakfast. And the compost we had made for a very fruitful vegetable garden. |
| 135 | Donna Tozzi | |
| 136 | Shelby Hu | |
| 137 | Paul Ning | |
| 138 | Steven Gray | The prohibition on urban chickens is both illogical and contrary to the principles of sustainability. The City of Toronto has pioneered many environmental initiatives such as the green bin, downspout disconnection, the Green Roof Incentive Pilot Program, the Green Development Standard, and many more. Why then are concerned citizens denied the privelege of raising backyard chickens, which turn table scraps into a healthy food source and rich, non-chemical fertilizer for the vegetable garden? Why are citizens allowed to keep unlimited pigeons or several 100lb dogs but not even one chicken? Animal by-laws should be revised to allow a broader range of animals, but stressing responsible pet ownership and placing LOGICAL limits on the numbers and species allowed. With responsible pet ownership, noise, smell, disease and other potential problems are avoided. If the City trusts its citizens to responsibly keep cats (which are often allowed to wander neighbourhoods with out restriction - depositing their biohazardous waste in neighbours' yards) or dogs (who can bark and whose waste is considerably more dissagreeable than chicken droppings) then why not a couple of hens? |
| 139 | Anonymous | I've been wanting to raise chickens in my backyard for YEARS. We already grow our own vegetables and fruits, compost, recycle (freecycle too!) and collect rain water. Raising chickens would help with fertilizing the garden and getting rid of earwigs and other bugs. It really is the next step for many of us who are trying to live a sustainable, self-sufficient and environmentally responsible life in the city. |
| 140 | Richard Griffith | |
| 141 | Anonymous | |
| 142 | Gail Gordon Oliver | I'm all for "A Chicken in Every Backyard." |
| 143 | Sharon Ireland | I raised chickens in the country years ago and miss having them around me now. It was a total de-stress to go in the coop and listen to the soft chatter, collect the eggs and tend to them. I also had roosters and incubated/hatched chicks. I am semi-country now but unfortunately very little space and a dog that chases birds. My previous dog, an Aussie used to protect the chickens as her job. she could go right into the pen and coop and never disturb or hurt them and would lick the new chicks after they were hatched, watching over them like a mother hen. |
| 144 | Anonymous | |
| 145 | Robert Haskett | As food prices escalate, Toronto citizens should have the right to raise their own chickens in their own backyards.
Home-raised chickens and the eggs and meat they produce are healthier.
Also, much less non-renewable energy is required to raise chickens in our own backyards. |
| 146 | Karen Tustin | Yes, people should be allowed to owe chickens for their own use as long as the birds are well taken care of and the owners follow regulations for keeping them, i.e., number of chickens based on lot size. |
| 147 | Duncan Rowe | |
| 148 | Michael Chernoff | Legalize home Chicken |
| 149 | Aleksandar Matijaca | I believe that having a few chickens in a city like Toronto should not be a crime. I believe that people that want to have 2-3 chickens (no roosters) in the backyard should be able to have them, provided they pay some kind of a license fee to the city. We should be encouraging sustainable living. |
| 150 | Anonymous | rabbits sound good also.. |