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I live in the New Forest, this one;
https://www.newforestdog.org.uk/article/202/working-together-for-a-cleaner-forestYou will note;
– On paths away from car parks or picnic areas, use a stick to flick poo into shrubby vegetation, where people cannot tread on it.I would write to them if I were you. Remember to use green ink.
We'll I see your daft made-up-on the spot 'advice' has already been shown to have no weight at all, so I will save my green ink reserves.
However, the actual guidance notes this:
Dog waste is an offensive type of litter. It is unpleasant for everyone and can also be dangerous.
Contact with dog waste can cause toxocariasis in humans, a rare infection caused by roundworms in the digestive tract of dogs. Symptoms of toxocariasis can include dizziness, nausea, asthma and even blindness or seizures.
Visit the NHS website for more information on toxocariasis.
I suggest you wright to them with your green peen (or dog faeces, you decide) and tell them that they are wrong.
Well aware of the dangers of dog poo so I won't be needing to borrow your green pen, which I imagine is running low as you seem very angry.
However, a dog poo flicked into a hedge where nobody is ever going to come into contact with it is not causing a danger. Keep an eye out for upcoming photos.
It's not just about people walking in it, it's about the impact on the underlying ecology.
Don't you care about that part?
Cat owners on the thread:
Look the only way out of this is to tax and insure dogs and maybe have a numberplate on them....
Cat owners on the thread:
No, a true cat owner would know to look where they're stepping around garden borders.
You are going to be disappointed. I will continue to flick into hedgerows, bramble bushes etc,. where no one is ever going to walk. I will now take a picture each time I do it and post it on this thread as I
love annoying people with zero sense of perspective.am a dick
FIFY
However, a dog poo flicked into a hedge where nobody is ever going to come into contact with it is not causing a danger.
And probably a lot of other activities.
Cat owners on the thread:
Ours are kept indoors.
I suggest you wright to them with your green peen
I suggest a pencil and some antibiotics.
https://www.geocaching.com/
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*Dons flameproof coverall*
Just a posh version of littering! (As in needing an expensive gadget to find the litter).
Oh this is all very funny.... look at you all
However, a dog poo flicked into a hedge where nobody is ever going to come into contact with it is not causing a danger.
The original campaign for that was 'Stick it and flick it' from Forestry Commission. I have been told by someone involved in that 'education' campaign that they deeply regret it.
It legitimised lobbing poo wherever someone can self justify 'oh, I am sure no-one ever goes behind that hedge / tree / heather / edge of track / beach area'. When the reality is that children playing, people on walks, workers out doing forestry / farming / etc, odd balls on bikes, geocachers, lovers, anyone else I can think of does actually go there from time to time.
There is never an excuse to leave it anywhere.
(that includes Ben Ghlas summit ridge last weekend, a fresh one curled out and left, a dropped bag full further down. FFS)
Oh this is all very funny…. look at you all
Thanks for your valuable contribution to the discussion. Your fascinating insights have really settled the debate.
That's precisely why this is so amusing....
Well aware of the dangers of dog poo so I won’t be needing to borrow your green pen, which I imagine is running low as you seem very angry.
However, a dog poo flicked into a hedge where nobody is ever going to come into contact with it is not causing a danger. Keep an eye out for upcoming photos.
Not angry at all, thanks. I suspect you know you are in the wrong and have shown yourself up a bit on this thread.
You are quite a strange person to even suggest taking pictures of dog muck and then posting them on the internet. Each to their own. Just read that back... why am I even debating this - I'm done! 😂