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dog fouling
noun
the offence of being in charge of a dog and failing to remove the faeces after it defecates in a public place
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He said fixed penalty notices - which are already used for things such as dog fouling or illegal parking - had pros and cons.
A Welsh football club is cracking down on dog fouling after one of its eight-year-old players was left "covered" in dog poo at a recent practice.
He said Torfaen council had sent enforcement officers to the site and asked the club to log incidents of dog fouling as part of a wider local campaign with other organisations.
Charity campaign Keep Wales Tidy said the focus should be on owners taking more responsibility, especially as the winter months usually bring a "huge uptick" in dog fouling cases.
Figures obtained by BBC News NI show Northern Ireland's eleven councils recorded almost 1,000 dog fouling related incidents between 2020 and 2024.
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