In a statement, the council said it accepted the video uses shock tactics. But described it as "an innovative approach" to raising the serious public health issue of dog fouling. The footage is accompanied by a song with the lyrics: "Who let the dogs crap?" It ends with a message to dog owners that said:" Stop! You wouldn't crap in the street. Why let your dog crap on Newry and Mourne?"
In a statement, a council spokesperson said: "Over the years Newry and Mourne District Council has adopted different educational and enforcement campaigns and despite this, dog fouling remains a major issue amongst elected members and the general public. The council took the decision to release this video as an innovative approach to raising the issue of dog fouling and the need for responsible dog ownership.
YouTube link. Original Facebook video.
"It is accepted that this video is using shock tactics to address this serious public health issue but the council believes this is a means to an end." The spokesperson said the overall response to the video so far was "very positive". They said the council was "being commended for adopting such a novel approach".
3 comments:
Given I hail from that end of the world, that is something I notice when visiting Northern Ireland; the streets in Belfast in particular are covered in dog shite. I mean absolutely heaving in it.
I wonder why it's noticeably worse there?
Anyone who allows their dog to shite on the street and doesn't clean it up should be made, without gloves, to pick up every and any dog shite in the local vicinity and I should be allowed to go to their house and shite on their carpet.
And their dog should be put down.
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