‘If you’re not going to bin it, it’s pointless to bag it’
Dog waste left on ground a hazard to livestock say police
DOG walkers who leave their pets’ mess on the ground are endangering young livestock, police have warned.
Market Bosworth police have urged people to pick up after their pets and to bin their mess.
The force wrote on Facebook about the “particularly grim topic”.
It said: “More walkers enjoying the British countryside invariably means more people taking their dogs for a walk.
“Please don’t pick up the poo then leave the bag full of it on the footpath. You may as well not bother.
“It’s often well-intentioned - ‘I’ll pick it up later.’ Sometimes it’s left and someone else picks it up.
“The bags can be ingested by young livestock and it can make them seriously ill or kill them.
“Consider the stick and flick method if appropriate and flick the mess (not in a bag) into dense undergrowth if you can’t dispose of it in a bin.
“The bags left in undergrowth take years to decompose.”
There have been problems with dog walkers leav- ing dog poo bags on the ground at Burbage Common in recent weeks.
A large pile of bags was left where a bin used to be near the woods.
Hinckley and Bosworth Council has since filled in where the bin was.
Town resident Jan Kirby went to the common last week to do a litter pick.
She said afterwards on Facebook: “Most people on the common were social distancing and enjoying the
The bags can be ingested by young livestock and it can make them seriously ill or kill them
Borough the hole countryside and appreciated what we were doing. “Glad to see no poo bags in the entrance to woods where the bin used to be.” The litter pickers collected three bags of mixed rubbish and just two poo bags, along with some paper, plastic bags and bottles, and lots of beer bottles and cans.
Jan said: “There were lots of dumped bags fly-tipped in a hedgerow in the car park outside where the lorries always park on the entrance to Burbage Common road.
“They were too far in and far too many for us to collect. I will report to the council.” POLICE HAVE URGED OWNERS TO PICK UP AFTER THEIR PETS AND BIN THEIR MESS