Farmer, 70, hit in face with rock in 'unprovoked' attack
Christopher Pine needed hospital treatment after he was attacked while working in a field
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Don’t your towns & villages have parks or sports grounds or open spaces or footpaths along streets where people can walk ?
Most dog owners don’t really want to walk/exercise their dogs, they just want somewhere to empty their bowls that isn’t their own back yard. They can’t do it on parks or village greens because they are watched so they tend to just let the dog off the lead in nearest field and let them sh!t away. In towns, this is often playing/sports fields, Appleby and Penrith, our local towns have big problems with dog mess on footy pitches - selfish and disgusting.Don’t your towns & villages have parks or sports grounds or open spaces or footpaths along streets where people can walk ?
Issue, I think, is there's just so many dogs these days. A must have accessory. Parks and sports grounds just end up knee deep in dog shite, therefore doggers seek out farmland to hold private dog crapping events. Plus there's a general " Farmers don't own the countryside, it's for everyone to enjoy " mentality in the UK. I'd be slightly more keen if dog owners at least asked permission, but no, they generally introduce themselves here by letting Fenton take a giant dump on my lawn.I am a Team Leader for the Parks & Gardens department of our local Council. The main town population is about 12,000 people, the whole shire is around a population of 20,000 ?
with P & G, we are responsible for around 400 hectares of “green” areas, including parks, sports grounds, cemeteries, reserves etc etc
Plenty of “public” space to walk in, apart from the fact that all our streets have footpaths beside them . . .
And British dog owners have lots of rights, but they don't seem to recognise that there are any corresponding responsibilities. I suppose they are just mirroring the views of the general population!Yes.
But folk like to take the leads off and let their mutts tear around.
Britain lacks quite a bit of land owned by the "state". Its mostly owned by somebody, and that somebody seldom likes others traipsing about on it.
I think we could say not only dog owners, but cyclists, horse owners, definitely tractor drivers too!Most dog owners don’t really want to walk/exercise their dogs, they just want somewhere to empty their bowls that isn’t their own back yard. They can’t do it on parks or village greens because they are watched so they tend to just let the dog off the lead in nearest field and let them sh!t away. In towns, this is often playing/sports fields, Appleby and Penrith, our local towns have big problems with dog mess on footy pitches - selfish and disgusting.
Some dog owners are pleasant but I would say 7 out of 10 are the most entitled, self centred arse holes you could ever meet, seem to think if they have a dog it gives them the right to walk and behave how they want. Dogs off leads around toddlers makes me really nervous, Some dogs just want throttled.
[QUOTE="yellowbelly, post: 8128427, member: 42308"
...had the landlord and the local council here last week and they want to put another footpath in to link up with two more that we already have in order 'to enhance the local walking experience'.
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