Dog fouling fines down by almost 20% in England and Wales

Name: Dog fouling fines down by almost 20% in England and Wales
Uploaded: 2015-06-10T06:34:38.000Z
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Description: The number of people fined for failing to pick up their dog's poo fell by almost 20% last year, according to figures obtained by BBC Radio 5 live.

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The number of people fined for failing to pick up their dog's poo has fallen.

Figures obtained by BBC Radio 5 live show that fines are down by almost 20% last year.

There were 73,824 complaints about dog mess in 2014-15 - but 103 councils did not issue any fixed penalties.

Jayne McCubbin reports.

10 June 2015