Enforcement officers are visiting canine fouling hotspots proper throughout Cheshire West to deal with homeowners who don’t decide up after their dogs.
Officers will probably be visiting the hotspots at peak canine walking instances throughout the entire of September. They will converse to canine walkers and examine they’ve one thing with them to select up after their canine. Anyone who doesn’t have the means to select up after their pet may face being issued with a Fixed Penalty Notice of £100.
The Council’s Cabinet Member for Homes, Planning and Safer Communities, Councillor Christine Warner mentioned: “Dog fouling is an issue attributable to inconsiderate canine homeowners who recurrently fail to scrub up after their dogs.
“Dog fouling is mostly thought-about to be unacceptable behaviour, and most irresponsible canine homeowners really know this, so that they don’t let their canine foul if one other individual is in sight. This presents a problem for us to take enforcement motion. Officers will due to this fact be utilizing further powers beneath the Dog Fouling and Dog Control Public Space Protection Order to deal with this anti-social behaviour.
“We know the vast majority of canine homeowners in Cheshire West and Chester are accountable and clear up after their dogs, and we’re positive they may welcome this initiative to deal with the problem with those that usually are not.”
Dog fouling might be reported utilizing this on-line type on the Council’s web site: Dog and animal fouling – Cheshire West and Chester Council.
