BBCA Welsh Football Club was left “covered” in Dog Poo after one of his eight -year -old players, when recently left in Dog Poo in one practice.
The child’s coach at Crosyceiliag Athletic FC in CWMbran, Torfaen stated that dog’s waste left on parks and pitches was a “large -scale concern”, and is working with the Torfen Council to deal with the issue.
It comes as a research study, which has been found to the owners who fail to take their dog’s poo, they can also ignore the health of their pets in other ways.
Scientists at the University of Aberystwyth tested dog waste samples and discovered 20-25% of the people who were abandoned by the owners-compared to 6-12% of the people-were-likely compared to 6-12% of the people. Pathogens,
Charity expedition Keep Wales stated that it should be on taking more responsibility on the focused owners, especially in the winter months, usually bring “huge upper” in dog fauting cases.
For the U9S team of Crosyceiliog Athletic at Lalanyrafon, Nathane Lucas and their partner arrive at least half an hour in advance to check the pitch for coach Dog Poo.
The area in which they train stands with the popular route with their dogs walking, and Mr. Lucas said it was a “ongoing fight”.
He said, “The straw that broke the camel back was a few weeks ago.”
“We flow the pitch as we always do, but unfortunately missed a piece, and landed in one of our eight -year -old children.
“He was clearly upset, it was covering his clothes, and we had to take him home. He could not participate in training, which was about to break the heart for him.”
Mr. Lucas said that in a few weeks the number of dog feces reached “double figures”, and this problem reduces many other parks and pitches.
He said, “I talk to various coaches of other teams and they are doing outside the week,” he said.
“A child can be potentially blind, and it can have an impact on their health forever. We are only here to play football.”
He said that the Torfen Council had sent the enforcement officers to the site and asked the club to log on to the incidents of dog flying as part of a comprehensive local campaign with other organizations.
A reader in Biochemistry and Parasitic Sciences at the University of Abbritith. According to Ras Morphue, the results of the study “actually talk to the behavior of the owner”.
“Those who are responsible to take care of their dog stools, essentially looking at their dog care, who are looking at much more standard than those who are somewhat leaving them in the environment unnecessarily,” he explained.
Researchers also found harmful pathogens – infectious microorganisms, which may include bacteria or viruses – in dogs left in rural areas, adding many dog walkers may not feel that it may have an effect if left there.
Dr. “There is a real ability to infect cattle and create some disastrous effects on cattle health and well -being,” Morphue said.
The Torfen Council stated that working in collaboration with the Football Club and others would help it to “plan more targeted trips and act as a preventive for non -responsible owners”, although no fixed penal notice was issued so far in 2025.
Cabinet member councilor Mandy Owen said for the environment: “We are committed to dealing with the issue of dog fauting in public places, a disgusting problem that affects everyone using these areas.
“We have orders of public space protection that commit crimes for leaving dog feces in public places and banning dogs from areas such as children playing.
“Our team of enforcement officers regularly patrols these areas and talk to dog owners to ensure that they know about the law.
“However, dog owners who fail to take after their animals do it in a judicious manner, so it can be difficult to catch them in the Act.”
39 -year -old Laura Timis told Convi that she was earlier a childminder and was struggling when she was “Hidden Dog” in beaches and other public places.
“The children are playing, and people hid the dog in the sand, obviously unknown to us,” the mother -in -law said.
“You try your best to clean him, wet wet and gel, but obviously the dog worship is so dangerous, right?
“We used to come to our local beach, but we don’t do anymore.”
Laura TimmisThe latest figures of Keep Wales Tidi suggest that Dog Poo 8% is present on the roads, a figure said that “completely unacceptable”.
Chief Executive Officer, Owen Derbyshire said: “Speaking as a dog owner, I know how much work it is and how much personal responsibility you have to take for everything for the dog.
“We have clearly seen a bounce in the covid after the dog’s ownership, which is cute in some ways.
“But evenly it can mean that there are many owners who probably do not understand everything involved in being a responsible dog owner.
“It needs to be culturally unacceptable, and we need to work together to ensure that this is the case.”
