{"id":19139,"date":"2013-11-13T15:50:59","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T15:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=19139"},"modified":"2013-11-13T15:50:59","modified_gmt":"2013-11-13T15:50:59","slug":"pick-up-a-filthy-habit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2013\/11\/13\/pick-up-a-filthy-habit\/","title":{"rendered":"Pick up a filthy habit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is a dog thing. It is also an eyesore, nuisance and can cost you a \u00a375 on-the-spot fine \u2013 \u00a31,000 if you take it to a Magistrates Court.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19164\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 305px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/11\/Dog-bin1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19164\" alt=\"Dog bin\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/11\/Dog-bin1-305x312.jpg\" width=\"305\" height=\"312\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19164\" alt=\"Dog bin\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2013\/11\/Dog-bin1-305x312.jpg\" width=\"305\" height=\"312\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Put your dog waste in a council &#8216;doggy-bin&#8217;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dog fouling is rife in winter as long, dark nights make it difficult for dog walkers to locate their dog\u2019s mess. But thanks to council-funded initiatives <em><a title=\"Tidy Towns\" href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/wales.gov.uk\/topics\/environmentcountryside\/epq\/cleanneighbour\/tidytowns\/?lang=en\">Tidy Towns<\/a><\/em> and <em><a title=\"Keep Wales Tidy\" href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.keepwalestidy.org\/home\">Keep Wales Tidy<\/a><\/em>, volunteer \u2018poop patrols\u2019 are scooping up this foul business.<\/p>\n<p>Cardiff parks have a 57% likelihood of containing dog faeces. Patrols are essential as abandoned excrement can contain roundworm larvae which pose <a title=\"Scoop the Doo website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scoopthedoo.co.uk\/dooFacts.aspx\">risks to public health<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCreating a tidy Wales is a matter of hearts and minds. The volunteers who help to clear our streets and public spaces need support from everyone,\u201d says volunteer Geoff Smart.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kkv4eeA6ZPg[\/youtube]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volunteer &#8216;poop patrols&#8217; are operating in Cardiff after an increase in dog fouling<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"featured_media":19258,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[535,3302,391,3303],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-19139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-no-logo","tag-cardiff-city-council","tag-fouling","tag-parks","tag-poop-patrol"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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