A slightly different sort of waste management today! During the summer our wonderful sandy beach is cleaned daily to remove the debris and litter that invariably washes up with the tide. The council also has a "no dogs" order to supposedly prevent dog owners from allowing their pets to soil the beach during the summer months.
Of course this week has been unseasonably warm and the crowds have flocked to the beach, many accompanied by their four legged friends. It's not just the fouling of the beach that is a concern but many families with young children visit the beach. Some of the dogs are pretty big and they charge around scaring the little ones half to death.
There's not a lot to be said about it in April, but even when May comes along a lot of owners openly flout the ban and, from what I've seen, are rarely if ever challenged.
The photograph is simple and to the point - you can see the sign and the sand sort of gives away the whole beach thing ;-) I'd have loved to have had a dog sitting next to it but they were all too busy chasing toddlers and crapping in the sand.
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It's the same around these parts. I think I'm right in saying that Bournemouth has a no dogs on the beach policy too. But dog owners will do anything to get around such bans because they think it’s their God given right to allow their cherished animals to foul the whole world with their doo-dars and chase the little ones around like rabbits. Maybe with climate change resulting in warmer periods at other times of year, councils will wake up to reality and such signs as this will be changed to "No Dogs Allowed ALL YEAR!!" - I'll drink to that one... :)
Nice shot that conveys the message well.
We have a dedicated dog beach where the council liberally provides Poo-ch bags and bins so there really is no excuse for dogs to foul the beach and no-one to pick it up. And on the surfer, bather and kiting beaches, the no dogs policy is quite strictly enforced. If not by the authorities, the locals would not have a bar of it. The dog beach is only a further kilometer down the road, and dogs can run and romp at their leisure. Take your kids there with care!
Nice shot with a powerful message.
Good words.
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