Warning messages to bombard Dublin dog owners who donât clean up poo from their pets
Pre-recorded warning messages will be broadcast to shame lazy pooch lovers at canine mess blackspots in the capital
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Dublin s Q102 By Kevin O Mahony Complaints about dog poo are up more than a quarter in the Dublin City area in the last year.
City officials hope a new awareness campaign being launched today can persuade the minority of dog owners, who don t bother to pick up after their pets, to change their behaviour.
It will include loudspeakers playing a recorded warning in the city s worst dog fouling black spots.
Bernie Lillis, Dublin City Council s waste prevention officer, says it s putting kids and others at risk of serious illness: Toddlers are stepping on the dog fouling and the parents have gone over the dog fouling with the buggy and they come into their lovely house and the whole place is ruined.
Audio devices are to be installed in a number of locations in Dublin city to encourage dog owners to clean up after their dogs.
This is part of Dublin City Council’s new dog fouling campaign, as they’ve seen a 27pc increase in the number of complaints about dog fouling in the last twelve months.
Dublin City Council’s Litter Prevention Officer Bernie Lillis said that she plans to place the audio devices in non-residential areas so as to avoid excessive noise. The two places I have in mind for them in the very beginning would be Clontarf park and Sandymount park,” she said. “I want to put them in the Cabra area as well.”
There has been a 27 per cent increase in the number of complaints received in the last year with a majority of people surveyed describing how they fell foul of the problem on the street.
And slightly more than half of those in the survey (51 per cent) have come across dog poo in their local park.
The council revealed during the launch of phase two of its ‘Dog Poo, It’s Everybody’s Business’ campaign that residents have also been contacting their local representatives to complain about the ongoing issue of dog fouling in their area.
A suite of outdoor and digital adverts, a video and a radio ad have been created for this campaign, which will be rolled out in Dublin city from this week for a two week period.
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Complaints about dog poo are up more than a quarter in the Dublin City area in the last year.
City officials hope a new awareness campaign being launched today can persuade the minority of dog owners, who don t bother to pick up after their pets, to change their behaviour.
It will include loudspeakers playing a recorded warning in the city s worst dog fouling black spots.
Bernie Lillis, Dublin City Council s waste prevention officer said dog fouling impacts some of society s most vulnerable. People who are visually impaired and wheelchair users are all at risk, she said. Toddlers are stepping on the dog fouling and the parents go over the dog foul with their buggy and bring it into their lovely house.