SCHOOL children have launched a campaign to encourage people to pick up their dog poo in one Wirral area.
Pupils at St Bridget's C of E primary school in West Kirby have entered a competition to design posters and have them displayed around West Kirby Marine Lake to encourage dog owners to clean up after their pets.
The eye-catching winning entries were put up on Friday (March 29) and will be on display for two weeks over the Easter holidays.
The campaign is the idea of sisters six-year-old Alba and four-year-old Bobbi Lightburn who said they were “fed up” of seeing dog poo left on the streets.
Alba said: "I don't want to scoot as much anymore in case I get dog poo on my scooter or shoes again. I hope people will look at the posters if they are colourful and funny.” Bobbi added: "If you can smell it then you can see it so people should just pick it up. It's disgusting.”
The posters include hand-drawn pictures as well as the use of technology with one linking to an informative home-made YouTube video.
There are also free poo bags located in homemade recycled dispensers along the railings of the promenade which were stuffed by the children at St Bridget's Pre-school. Visitors to West Kirby are encouraged to help themselves if they need a bag.
Wirral Watersports Centre will monitor the posters and poo bags and will work to avoid any accidental littering.
The Deputy Head at St Bridget's primary school, Mr Neal, said he has been “overwhelmed” by the response from the children to get involved.
He told the Globe: "All of the children have had an opinion on this matter and feel very strongly that there is no excuse but to pick it up and bin it.
“The effort the children have put into designing their posters has been tremendous and we have lots of spare entries which we will make sure will not go to waste.”
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