Published on:
05
September 2011
Clackmannanshire Council is raising awareness of dog owners' responsibilities with a new leaflet and asking for help in bringing irresponsible owners to book.
The Council has produced a leaflet, given out by community wardens in areas with high incidences of dog fouling, explaining the penalties of being caught not cleaning up after your dog. What's more, if you know that someone regularly allows their dog to foul the same area, you can report it to the community wardens and they will increase their patrols to try and catch offenders.
Councillor Eddie Carrick, portfolio holder for sustainability, said: "There are almost 300 dog fouling bins located across the county and dog fouling bags are available free from Council offices, CAPs, libraries, from the animal welfare officer and from the community wardens.
"There's no excuse for dog fouling. Thoughtless dog owners are ruining other people's enjoyment of our streets and countryside and giving responsible dog owners a bad name."
If you have any information regarding irresponsible pet owners or would like to report dog fouling please contact the wardens on 450000 or email cat@clacks.gov.uk
You can also report it online via the Clacksweb 'Report It' page.