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Springer Watch. It would be similar to the BBC’s
Springwatch, but somewhat less fluffy.
It would bring an accurate picture of how out-of-control dogs – yes, mainly springers – are wreaking environmental havoc on the countryside.
Such is the seriousness of the matter, even the National Trust has been known to put up signs saying “Loose dogs destroy ground-nesting birds”.
It’s an issue that goes completely unnoticed by most dog owners, and it hasn’t got any less of a problem since lockdown, during which dog ownership somehow and mysteriously became compulsory.