Dog bins in Fenland parks.
Dog do powers for don’t do council
Hugh Morris
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
12:15 PM
TOUGHER powers to deal with owners who cannot control their dogs in Fenland are set to be introduced by the council.
The move will allow Fenland District Council enforcement officers to tell owners to pick up their dog’s faeces and ban dogs from certain community areas.
It will also mean the maximum penalty for failing to control your dog will increase from £50 to £80 and/or a £1,000 fine on prosecution.
But the council has had to admit it has not made use of the powers it already has.
Despite more than 650 issues relating to dog fouling and behaviour being reported to the council in 2011/12, there has not been a single prosecution nor fixed penalty notice issued.
A spokesman for the council said: “Unfortunately, while we recognise dog fouling is a major concern, it’s very hard to actually catch people who fail to clear up the mess, not least because they tend to do it when noone’s around.”
The spokesman added the focus has to be on educating dog owners about their responsibilities and the dangers of dog poo.
A report to the council’s cabinet meeting on Thursday said the council has dealt with the issues effectively since introducing its own powers in 1996 but “unfortunately, the minority of dog owners and walkers who are not responsible and considerate to others considerate to have a detrimental effect on the community’s valued green spaces”.
The new powers, under the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 (CNEA), if approved at cabinet, will be put to public consultation.
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3 comments
Why not take it home and put it in your own bin. What really pee's me off, are those people who take the time to pick the mess up in the proper little plastic bags, and then throw the bag down or in the bushes and trees, how blo*dy stupid is that ... yes... I mean you, old lady with the Spanials at Roman Bank ..
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Noodle
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
it's all well stating new fines are in order,but you try catching the culprits.As for educating owners that has got to be a priorty, but i find the main reason there is a lot of dog fouling is that there are not enough doggie bins to put the waste product in. In the area where I live there are only a few...3 x bins on Ramnoth road within 500 yrds of each other... one by the old folks home, one at the end of the college opposite money bank, and one by the playing fields of the infant school. There are 2 x bins on Elm Road, 1 outside the shop nearest to the Standard pub and the other about a 14mile further down near to the new houses by the lawnmower shop. As for Elm High Road from the Elm Hotel down into Churchill Rd up to the roundabout by the bp garage there are NONE! Yes thats right no bins at all. I can only assume the council are saving their cash for something that will not benefit joe public....
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Stephen Clodfelter
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
it's all well stating new fines are in order,but you try catching the culprits.As for educating owners that has got to be a priorty, but i find the main reason there is a lot of dog fouling is that there are not enough doggie bins to put the waste product in. In the area where I live there are only a few...3 x bins on Ramnoth road within 500 yrds of each other... one by the old folks home, one at the end of the college opposite money bank, and one by the playing fields of the infant school. There are 2 x bins on Elm Road, 1 outside the shop nearest to the Standard pub and the other about a 14mile further down near to the new houses by the lawnmower shop. As for Elm High Road from the Elm Hotel down into Churchill Rd up to the roundabout by the bp garage there are NONE! Yes thats right no bins at all. I can only assume the council are saving their cash for something that will not benefit joe public....
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Stephen Clodfelter
Wednesday, May 9, 2012