This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Update the Dog (fouling of land) act
Police say they can't act to arrest a owner who persistentantly allows his dogs to defecate in a communal garden because it's not public. The local dog warden hasn't enough powers to stop it and the council hasn't acted in four months where I've shown dog faeces on a daily basis being left for days
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I have videos of the dogs defecating the communal garden. Evidence that the council haven't acted. Emails showing delays in response despite raising health concerns. The police have even visited and requested that the faeces gets picked up but can't do more as its not covered under that act.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
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