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Originally Posted by yvonne.e
........worst things less,yes like meeting you,off springs to mind.
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There is no need getting ratty with us just because you neglected to look after your dog properly and let it run away.
It is people like you who by your poor dog ownership are covering the streets and parks of Hyndburn with dog mess.
I hope you do find your dog as I would hate to see any animal come to harm. I also hope it is the dog warden that returns in along with a fine for the mess caused by it.
Don't bother abusing me and saying I am nasty or whatever because I don't care. Why should our streets and parks, where our children play, be covered in dog dirt because of negligent dog owners?
Thank goodness is was only a poodle and not something bigger that could be mauling children as well as sending them blind due to toxicara.
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Parasite toxicara
As well as being unpleasant and unsightly, the main purpose of the law requiring people to pick up dog's mess is to control the public health risk posed by the parasite toxicara which can cause blindness if swallowed. Although the parasite can be found in cats, its main host is the dog, and its eggs, which can remain viable for up to 2 years are found in dog's faeces.
If the faeces are left in parks, paths, verges, sandpits or play areas, they can be picked up on shoes, children's hands, the wheels of pushchairs, wheelchairs etc. It may take weeks or months after swallowing these eggs for symptoms to develop which can last for a year or more and include one or more of the following: headache, fever, sore throat, aching limbs, abdominal pain, sleep disturbance, listlessness, pneumonia, asthma.
Eye symptons are not always present although blindness resulting from toxocariasis affects around 100 people a year and may develop 4-10 years after the initial infection. The main group of people at risk are children who play where irresponsible dog owners have allowed their dogs to foul without clearing it up afterwards.
Fortunately the disease can be controlled if the faeces are disposed of immediately in a responsible manner. Note; Being unaware of the defecation (whether by reason of not being in the vicinity or otherwise), or not having a device for or other suitable means of removing the mess is no defence. If it's YOUR dog then it’s YOUR responsibility to clean it up.
As other animals are not a host for toxicara and are also as likely to be fouling areas where the public walk or play, the legislation does not extend to clearing up after other animals. You cannot catch toxocariasis from an infected human being, only from the faeces of an infected animal - usually a dog. Remember; Always wash your hands after handling animals or soil and before touching food.
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