Complaints about dog fouling are down by 60% 

At the recent cabinet meeting, councillors heard that in 2011/12, the council received 290 complaints about dog fouling. By 31 March 2015, the  numbers were down 60% to 115. 

Councillors also heard that while complaints about stray dogs have fallen from 2011 to 2017, complaints about out of control dogs have increased significantly, up from 19 in 2011/12 to 121 in 2015/16, with 147 having been received in the first ten months of 16/17. Please see Community Policing Initiative article also on our NEWS page.

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