Irresponsible dog owners not picking up after their pooches on pavements in Tenby, are being highlighted by spray paint.<br />Mess being left along St John’s Hill and down to The Green is seemingly being sprayed-painted bright blue to highlight dog-fouling and prevent pedestrians stepping in it.<br />One resident close by, told the Observer on Friday: “I’m curious to find out why dog mess that has not been picked up around The Green and St John’s Hill is being painted blue, very bizarre! <br />“I noticed them for the first time this morning whilst walking my dog and funnily enough someone had not picked up after their dog outside ours this morning.”<br />In Pembrokeshire, WISE (Waste Investigations Support & Enforcement) enforcement officers are responsible for catching anyone not picking up after their pet.<br />As well as dog fouling, WISE enforcement officers can issue Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) for offences including: littering; fly-tipping; graffiti and fly-posting.<br />They are also responsible for tackling breaches of byelaws relating to dogs on beaches, between May and October, when the ban is in force across the county.<br />A Fixed Penalty Notice for dog fouling stands at £150.<br />Recently, Carmarthenshire County Council have been sharing public CCTV images on social media to try and track down culprits in towns across the county, a ploy that has seemingly worked.<br />The Council was looking for help to identify individuals persistently caught failing to clear up their dog’s faeces on the streets of Carmarthen, shortly before Christmas.<br />Cllr Aled Vaughan Owen, Cabinet Member for Climate Change, Decarbonisation and Sustainability said: “ We are again asking for help from members of the public to identify individuals captured failing to clean up after their dog.”<br />The Council shared an update on its Facebook page last week, stating: “Thank you to those that have helped us with our investigations. Name has been put forward and the images have now been taken down as our investigation is now closed.<br />“Dog owners and walkers must clean up after their dog in all public places in Carmarthenshire.”<br />One council in England has also taken to the spray-painting approach, to start shaming dog owners who do not clear up after their pet, after reports of poo on the street went up by more than a third in a year.<br />As well enforcing £100 fines, Telford and Wrekin Council started to spray-paint illegal deposits with a stencilled sign towards the end of last year; after the number of incidents reported to and cleared up by the council rose from 823 to 1,119 the year before, the authority said.
