YOUR readers who are worried about being fined because of their dogs leaving their dirt behind can forget it.
Legislation is easy. Enactment of a law is a different matter.
Take litter as an example. There are anti-litter laws, but there is more litter around Farnworth than any time in the last 70 years. No one is ever prosecuted. Neither the louts responsible, nor the Council Environment Committee seem to care.
Our grandmothers used to tell us that "prevention is better than cure". Why not prosecute offenders rather than paying people to carry out the impossible task of picking it up.
Anyway I am sure that irresponsible dog owners could be prosecuted under the litter acts, if the will were there.
George K Brown
Barncroft Road, Farnworth
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