Dog mess left at GSK memorial gardens in Ulverston 'just ignorance'

That area, as well as Gill Banks, is blighted with the leavings according to one resident, who picked up all 16 bags that were left at the gardens this week.

Anne Nevinson, president of Barrow and District Kennel association and herself the owner of two Alaskan malamutes, said that what she saw this week was "disgusting".

ISSUE: Dog poo bags at GSK memorial gardens. Picture: Anne Nevinson

The situation at the memorial gardens is that the dog mess is being bagged but is then being left under bushes rather than being binned as it should be.

Cllr Dave Webster from Ulverston said that the council had recently been discussing where dogs can be let off their leads but condemned this behaviour as 'ignorance'.

"That is just ignorance by people," he said.

"Every year we do a litter pick and we are always picking up dog poo bags from under bushes.

ULVERSTON: Cllr Dave Webster

"People are bagging it but not binning it. It is the height of ignorance.

"There are more people out taking dogs for walks during these times of Covid, and those without dogs taking other people's for walks that may be a reason for this.

"If they are wise enough to bag it, why don't they go that one step further and bin it? I don't know what it is, whether it is embarrassment of having to hold the bag, laziness, or not knowing where the next bin is.

"It needs to be drummed into people that they can't just leave it.

"We have always had dogs and we have always cleaned up after them.

"Maybe more education is needed. I would say bag it, bin it, and don't throw it."

ISSUE: Dog poo bags at GSK memorial gardens. Picture: Anne Nevinson

Ulverston is the latest case in what is seemingly a 'poodemic', not only in Furness areas like Dalton and Roose recently, but across the nation. There have been numerous reports of bins overflowing with dog mess bags, and more excrement being left on footpaths.

Dog-walkers can be fined £80 on the spot for not cleaning up after their pet and face up to £1,000 fines in court if it was taken higher.