11:04am Wednesday 8th October 2008
By not passing a bylaw banning dogs from certain of the beaches in its care, Wirral Council, especially John Hale as tourism committee chairman, has allowed its residents and visitors to remain innocently liable to nasty diseases.
The bodily waste products of dogs comprise many human pathogens, including eye worms, alimentary tract worms, liver worms and diseases too numerous to mention, especially so if you read this before a meal.
Dog owners allow their animals to foul any and every public place. It is not sufficient to clean up afterwards as, by then, the ground has been contaminated.
Why do most owners not train their dogs to use their gardens? The answer is simple. They do not like having their gardens fouled. Our beaches are our pride and one of the reasons why we have so many visitors.
Any person catching disease or worm, etc from dog ordure on a beach that could have had a ban applied to it, should take action against the council because it know of the dangers, has failed to act and, therefore, is in breach of health and safety regulations.
If other boroughs can apply a ban, then so can ours. Cigarette smoking has been banned for the sake of the health of 70% of the population, why not dog fouling where children play?
John Hutchinson, West Kirby.
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