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Valleys council to name and shame dog foulers
3:30pm Saturday 1st August 2009
BLAENAU Gwent Council will start naming and shaming people who let their dogs foul in public on its website.
After the issue was raised in several PACT meetings, the council decided to take action on irresponsible dog owners.
Currently, there are 250 dog bins throughout the borough, along with 'no dog fouling' stickers on lamp posts and patrols by council officers in plain clothes in the early morning and evening in hot spots.
Areas including Cwm, Brynmawr, Swffryd, Llanhilleth and Bryngwyn School, Six Bells, were all patrolled between March and May.
The council has also introduced a hard-hitting marketing campaign showing the affects dog mess can have, depicting a child holding what appears to be faeces.
Dog mess can cause blindness.
The Council has given out four fixed penalty notices of £75 in the past three years for dog fouling and in a bid to cut down on the problem, officers hand out free bags to people out walking their dogs in order for them to clean up after them.
The council is also starting a reward scheme, taking the names and details of people seen cleaning up properly after their dogs, and entering them into a monthly draw to win £100 shopping vouchers.
Under the new scheme, the council plans to put more bins throughout the borough in areas particularly affected by the problem, as well as having a team specifically to empty, clean and maintain the bins.
PCSOs will also be brought in to issue fixed penalty notices to people caught allowing their dogs to foul.
A council spokesman said: "Early reaction is positive - and we have support from the majority of dog owners who do behave responsibly.
"We have consistently warned that dog owners will face fines through the fixed penalty system and, if necessary, through the courts if they don't clean up."
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gatty, says...
6:38pm Sat 1 Aug 09
whippy, Newbridge says...
11:15pm Sat 1 Aug 09
Binty Schooner, cwmbran says...
1:17am Sun 2 Aug 09
Well, they've been busy then making this happen ! It happens too often and dog owners who let this happen should be fined a princley sum of £10,000. I bet they won't do it again. Let's have some money from the right places going into the coffers eh not from stealth taxes
Binty Schooner, cwmbran says...
1:19am Sun 2 Aug 09
Are you having a larffe?
Why not reward me £100 shpping vouchers vor putting my rubbish into my bin !...what a joke
Binty Schooner, cwmbran says...
1:21am Sun 2 Aug 09
Because of the lack of bins...dog owners think they can hang their 'poop bags' on hedges...has anyone noticed this ? disgraceful
Binty Schooner, cwmbran says...
1:23am Sun 2 Aug 09
jilted john, newport gwent says...
8:24am Sun 2 Aug 09
skippy you norty boy
and spotty.
named and shamed :-)
golfer, ebbw vale says...
12:16pm Sun 2 Aug 09
angryofcwmbran, Cwmbran says...
12:52pm Sun 2 Aug 09
brython49, abercarn says...
1:38pm Sun 2 Aug 09
perhaps the cash earmarked for this would be better spent making these carowners park on the road.
the point being that most sidestreets you cant walk on the pavement for cars ,so stepping in dogdoo isn't a problem!!
The Abrogator, Grentown, Gwent, Wales. says...
2:11pm Sun 2 Aug 09
A big problem in parts of Llanhilleth are not so much owners who don't clean up, but those who don't even bother taking their animals for a proper walk and instead, let them out to wander around and, of course, leave their deposits everywhere.
If the wardens were to cast their nets...
westender, newbridge says...
8:41pm Sun 2 Aug 09
if horse manure is so inoffensive why are the hores drawing carriages in cities made to wear nappies?
Binty Schooner, cwmbran says...
11:38pm Sun 2 Aug 09
Belive me I'm a crap expert.
westender, newbridge says...
5:05pm Mon 3 Aug 09
Gareth, Newport says...
6:34pm Thu 6 Aug 09
The three readers who have ever accessed their council website will know it has been designed to tick a legal inclusivity box, with no thought to make it a good visitor experience worthy of bookmarking or repeat visits.
this is a national problem, and i would hope that someone brings some joined up thinking to this.
so why not consider a visitor-friendly national offenders website, with pix, names and addresses? All offenders are uploaded into all the relevant categories (including convictions for dog fouling).
it can include: a geographic and category search option; e-alerts to show us when someone from our area is uploaded; a forum for everyone to point fingers and laugh at offenders; a rating system for us to judge the stupidity of each offender; even a sponsored (so offsetting costs) awards ceremony at the end of each year.
c'mon councils, this is not rocket science, and any half decent comms company in the country could make this happen.
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Bo, Newport says...
5:53pm Sat 1 Aug 09
There is a family not far from me (who appeared on a national TV programme not so long ago) who actually send their dog out for 'toilet walks' with their son. Fouling the street rather than their own back garden!