A shaming campaign to tackle the "widespread" and rising issue of dog waste across Telford & Wrekin has begun
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00:00Well, we all want to keep Telford and Weekend cleaner and greener, but we've noticed over
00:04the last year that the number of dog fowling incidents has gone up, and especially here
00:09in Newport.
00:10So today we're going to highlight the number of dog fowling by spray painting the dog mess
00:15where it is on the ground, and therefore we can record it and hopefully those people who
00:20aren't picking up after their dog will see that somebody is watching them.
00:24We do know the majority of dog owners do pick up after their dog, but we want to highlight
00:28this issue because it's not good in our communities to leave dog mess on our floor.
00:32To help us address this issue, we are increasing the number of patrols of our neighbouring
00:36enforcement officers.
00:37We'll be challenging people to make sure they have dog poo bags.
00:40We are highlighting the issue by using CCTV to try and catch those people not picking
00:45up after their dog.
00:46So what can you do to help us?
00:48If you do witness somebody not cleaning up after their dog, then please ring in and report
00:52it.
00:53If you are a dog owner, please pick up your dog mess.
00:56Treat our streets as your home.
00:58Let's keep our home clean.