Tim Streater wrote:
In article ,
The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Matty F wrote:
On Sep 9, 6:28 am, "ARWadsworth"
wrote:
Well the Mound of the Hound of the Baskervilles was left outside my
garden
gate last night. I played back my CCTV and I found the culprit and
owner.
Now 24 hours later the same person has walked past with the same
dog and
left another mound further down the street. I was ready this time
and I
followed them home.

Satan get thee behind me. My mind is full of ideas as to what to do
with the
dog ****(1).
In NZ it's illegal to not pick up your dog turds. Is there such a law
in the UK?

No.

Yes, but it has to be enforced by the local council and there has to be
evidence blah blah. Certainly where I used to live, South Cambs DC had
signs up saying £1000 fine and so on.

Unlike NZ we have indigenous wildlife beyond a flightless bird.

With foxes roaming the countryside, it is hardly reasonable to
penalise dog owners from adding to the piles of poo that are deposited
by the abundant species that roam in the areas most suburbanites don't
go.

Oh I think it's entirely reasonable to penalise klods who take their
dogs for a walk on public rights of way footpaths just so they can use
it as a latrine.

Agricultural land is exempt: A fact that many people who go to walk in
it don't know, which is why occasionally we find plastic bags full of
dog poo in the fields here. Id rather have the dog poo.

Exempt from what?

possble imposition of dog crap byelaws.