"C’est beaucoup trop!", said the Mairie de Toulouse, after it was reported that five tonnes of dog faeces are dropped on the streets, pavements & parks of Toulouse every day, of every week, of every year.
Five tonnes is, by any measure, a sizable quantity of turd.
Take a minute. Sit back. Visualise it. F-i-v-e t-o-n-n-e-s!
While the figure itself is unsurprising - France is filthy after all - I am more than curious to know who did the counting.
The Mairie has produced a great Wallace & Grommitesque "It's raining turds" video to promote the campaign to clean up Toulouse.
It started airing in French cinemas and on the France 3 Sud channel this week.
Dog fouling is truly a worldwide problem.
