Not rocket science is it you take your rubbish with you .

I sympathise totally, it is the same at the Granville Nature Reserve in Muxton and the lane that leads to the Shropshire golf course. I go running up there every morning and find myself having the added joy of playing, 'dodge the do-do'. To make matters worse there are plenty of bins provided specifically for the disposal of the dog mess.

Of course as I run I see plenty of responsible owners, 'scooping the poop', and disposing of it, and thank you all for this.

For those ignorant enough to let their dog foul anywhere, perhaps you should consider the following;

Toxocariasis is an infection of the round worm Toxocara canis5. It is a zoonotic6 disease that is spread via unwashed vegetables and dog faeces. Young children in particular are at risk due to their weaker immune systems and because they are more likely to expose themselves by ingesting the eggs. A puppy can pass as many as 15,000 eggs per gram of faeces, and they are a major source of environmental contamination.

Each T. canis female can lay up to 700 eggs a day. These are passed out when the dog defecates and can survive for up to three years in soil. After two to three weeks of warm weather the eggs develop into an embryo state, containing larva - this is when they become infective to dogs and people.

The larvae try to migrate through the human body as they would in a dog's, but the human body treats them as foreign material, which causes a reaction and tissue damage.

There are two types of toxocariasis: visceral larva migrans (VLM) and ocular larva migrans (OLM).

In VLM, the larvae reach the liver, causing inflammation and symptoms such as abdominal pain and pyrexia. Most people recover spontaneously.

OLM occurs when a migrating larva reaches the eye. It causes a granuloma to form on the retina, causing significant visual impairment and in severe cases even blindness

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I blame the parents.

What about horse poo on the pavements & paths?

All the signs are about dog poo while a horse can leave in one go what it takes my dog a fortnight and often as not it is spread over several meters.

A few decades ago it could perhaps be argued that local residents would rush out and collect horse poo for their gardens but today fertilisers and alike are readily availabe and cheap from so many outlets that residents need not bother.

Come on you horse owners, scoop the poop.

try Haughmond Hill in Shrewsbury, the dog poo capital of europe, the council has millions of overpaid senior managers but no litter bins or dog wardens even though it can make children blind

disgracful

Come to Canada were we have bear poop too which i must say its nothing like dog poo

we have bio degradeable dog poo bags supplied at various places along walking paths,lakes,& places of interest & planty of rubbish bins its brilliant pretty most of us dog lovers do use them

the worst place for it round here is the battlefield heritage site walk, its disgusting up there, i notice the conservative council spends millions cleaning the quarry for the wealthy residents of copthorne and town walls but the real people in harlescott have to put up with dogs muck on our walks

It is true streets cleaned, bins emptied with incorrect items in them , dog poo cleaned up in areas such as the mount, kingsland,is far more regular than other areas of

Shrewsbury DISPUTE??? think not.

You may think I'm being a little bit thick here but how do you poo experts know that it is from dogs and not foxes?

So people are blaming the council, having a pop at horse owners and every other excuse in the world apart from the real offenders.... the dog owners.

It is these people who are irresponsible, the ones who never clean up after their dog. If you see it being done report it, take a photo of the owner and pass it on to the council. Tell them to pick it up and embarrass them in front of others and lastly, fine them £1000 everytime no matter what income they are on.

There are no excuses just laziness, selfishness and ignorance on the dog owners part.

I think the answer is in the title. Nature Reserve which by all accounts will not be a concreted playground but an area of grass and mud. Mud made up of many, many different animals waste so not to be treated like a counter in your kitchen.

In over 30 years as a GP my brother never saw one case of Toxocariasis, despite the welcome introduction of pooper scooping only having emerged in the last 20 years. He saw a lot of problems resulting from allergies, particularly caused by cats and rabbits.

It is the attitude of some people to never take litter home with them or leave things as they should but I agree that more bins should be provided in some places as holding bags of faeces for long periods carries risks to those accompanying children. The flick with a stick off the paths at Haughmond is a preferable and acceptable alternative.

This council was almost the last in the whole country to provide specific dog bins and still has the least provision.

The amount of dog mess at Haughmond Hill is ridiculous. Dog owners who let their pets foul all over the path should be forced to eat it.

is there a correlation to more dogs mess and the outsourcing privatisation of shropshires street sweeping services ? look at G4S and Veolia for example of how we are not getting value for our taxes when private firms run the services

I for one would rather have a council run service so you get higher quality and importantly know the buck stops with them too

I agree Haughmond hill is very bad but its run by the forestry commission who are a public sector government owned company! Also the parks like the Quarry which people say are excellent are not cleaned by council staff any more but by private firms like Veolia and Ringway.

So its not a case of privatisation is always bad (though sometimes it is). There are good street cleaners and bad street cleaners in public and private sector it doesnt make them any better or worse whoever employs them. Its the same with hospitals where high infection rates are linked to cleaning staff, some are run in house and are still just as bad, its about individuals taking a pride in their job regardless of who pays their wages.

Don't you think that this situation was predetermined? After all those in charge have probably worked out that we might as well use our forces that are already being paid for the security of our country.

I can think of analogies in the private sector where staff just have to manage and cover for staff that have been asked to do other duties so the employer ends up getting paid twice.

All dog owners who do not immediately clear up after their pets are card carrying, selfish, anti-social morons. Enough said.

i agree horses should not be on paths at all as the size of horse poo is considerably larger than dog poo and it covers a wider area and yes if dog owners are expcted to clean up so should they.

When will the council realise people want basics like dog bins with their taxes and not stupid concrete "art"

in time for the next election perhaps? Back to BASICS!

I am a responsible dog owner and 'scoop the poop', and I agree it's not nice to step in poo, but I draw the line at having to watch out for more dangerous litter such as broken glass etc. One can always wash dog poop off ones shoes, but if I step on glass which the cuts my foot it may result trip to A&E, and possibly weeks of pain. Dog doo washes off in minutes.