I WRITE to support Mr Hodkinson's view on dog fouling.

It is so easy to legislate to increase fines etc for this widespread offence, but who is going to enforce the law? I don't think the police would be interested, neither traffic wardens, that leaves the dog wardens. How many dog wardens have we? The answer is TWO. They are going to be very busy to cover the Bolton Metro area. In other words, nothing will be done.

I live in a small street amd two of the occupiers put their dogs out to defecate each morning, never on their doorstep, but on other people's, in spite of notices to forbid this. Other residents put their dogs on a lead and take them to the nearest bit of green space and stand to admire their pets, as they infect the ground where children play. Not a poop scoop in sight.

Now that the dog licence has been abolished, it is impossible for anyone to calculate the number of dogs in existence. It would amount to millions.

It would take a strong Government to do anything about this problem, but neither this Government, nor the last one, was strong enough, hence the increasing danger to health.

Mr J H Smith

Stephenson Street, Horwich

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