Workshops are being delivered to school pupils across Flintshire, teaching them how to be a responsible dog owner, as well as all about the law in relation to dog fouling.
Flintshire County Council introduced a Dog Order across the county in December 2009. Since then, the Council and North Wales Police have worked in partnership to educate and enforce against dog owners who fail to clean up after their dog.
The partnership believes that public education, coupled with enforcement action, is the only long term success measure for preventing dog fouling in the county. A series of workshops were held in schools earlier in the year, delivered in partnership with the Dogs Trust – and they were so successful that more dates have been added!
The schools that have already taken part are: Broughton Junior School; Drury CP; Lixwm CP; Nannerch VCP; Sealand CP; Ysgol Terrig CP, Treuddyn; and Ysgol y Llan, Whitford VP.
After the October half term, workshops will be held at Brynford Primary School; Abbots Lane Infants, Penyffordd; and Queensferry Primary.
Councillor Dennis Hutchinson, Executive Member for Leisure and Public Protection, said:
“We’re keen to underline our message that we have a ‘zero tolerance’ approach when it comes to dog fouling.
“The school based workshops are providing a fun and interactive learning environment for children to learn about the responsibility of owning a dog, and the importance of cleaning up after it. We believe that children ‘live what they learn’ and it’s our hope that children will take home the messages they learn at these workshops, as well as retaining that information for their future lives.”
Report incidences of dog fouling to our dedicated dog warden service on 01352 703366 or via email: [email protected]; please quote times, places and names if possible.
