Dog Fouling and Violence!

Does dog fouling make you violent? I hope not but it clearly has an effect on the gentleman shown in this video.

Thankfully, he only hits the dog excrement.

It's lucky he and his friends hadn't been drinking!

Phone Hacking and Dog Fouling - Hugh Grant Pitches In!

Hugh Grant appears to have it all; good looks, money, fame, wit, charm, the list is endless. As we will all be aware, he was a victim of phone hacking. This would be enough to make most people annoyed. Hugh is no exception. He has tirelessly campaigned to hold the media to account for their actions.

It is therefore quite touching that, while speaking on this subject of real importance to him, he should suddenly lapse into expressing his views on dog fouling!

Hugh accepts that he is more obsessed with dog fouling than phone hacking and explains how he follows people about! He also complains that somebody's dog leaves excrement outside his house every day!

With a celebrity of this stature on our side, we cannot lose!

Hugh begins to express his views at 1.36secs on the following video.

Let's hear it for Hugh!

It's Getting Bad Where I Live

I live in a relatively quiet, peaceful place. That said, there are obviously bad things happening.

I walked down a quiet alleyway to see this sign, giving out a message of anti-social behaviour and general decline in acceptable behaviour. It did leave me a bit confused as I actually had no dog excrement with me to leave in the garden.

I must also observe that this is an excellent way of recycling a cardboard box.

The BBC, Our Operative, Scotland and Poo bags!

Once again, our thanks to our South London/North Kent Operative, Julian, for finding this vital information.

We can always rely on the BBC for information. Indeed the BBC is respected worldwide for the way it manages important issues with clarity and honesty. Dog fouling is no exception.

We learn from the BBC that The annual Marine Conservation Society beach litter survey pointed to an 11% increase in bags of dog faeces on UK beaches, including a 71% rise in Scotland.

"Pet owners have been thinking ahead by carrying plastic bags", said Lauren Davis, who co-ordinates the annual Beachwatch campaign but she added: "We hope our findings will now encourage them to take the bag off the beach and bin it in one of the many receptacles provided for the job."

So at least half of the "bag it and bin it" message has got across. This is a bit like reading "do not touch, 20,000 volts" and missing out the "not".

On the plus side, Lauren also reports: "We also saw a substantial dip of 33% in the amount of sewage-related debris on our beaches - that's the stuff people put down their loos but shouldn't, like cotton buds, condoms, sanitary towels and tampon applicators,"

I wonder if this is a deliberate "quid pro quo" act by the public? Less sewage-related debris, more dog poo?

I leave you with the view expressed by "Mooker" at comment 51: "Nothing wrong with a bit of dog dirt here and there. I freely allow my dog to defecate where it likes.

Just think of all the plastic bags it's saving just leaving it to nature.

Incidental, have you noticed the size of horse dirt?"

Has Mooker seen the horse dung posts on this blog? I know not but I despair! See the article here.

Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council and the British Bulldog!

Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council has featured on this blog before, see here.

It is clear that in Kent, the garden of England, they cherish all things English and British. This must be why they have chosen the British bulldog to front their latest poster campaign.

I came across this poster stuck to a dog waste bin. It initially confused me. We see a magnificent bulldog with its owners legs visible behind it. The headline confused me. Does it mean that the owner defecated on the pavement or does the "you" imply that I have defecated on the pavement?

Whatever the intended message, it is clearly a hard hitting image and caused me to reel and fall to the ground with fear. I pulled myself together and took the picture shown below. Please be warned, it could be disturbing!