Today's Derby evening telegraph has an article about dog mess on the Mickleover path and how one woman is protesting. See here for the article - in particular the comments show some insight into some dog owner's views - one complains that being asked to carry a bag of dog poo too far is unreasonable.
2 comments:
Looks to me as though this dog is more intelligent than it's owner.
End product of dog fouling.
Toxocariasis is an infection caused by the larvae of parasitic worms — Toxocara canis and Toxocara cati — that usually live in the intestines of dogs and cats. Eggs from the worms pass into the feces of dogs and cats and can contaminate pet areas around the home where kids play. The eggs can be swallowed by children, especially those who:
•are 1 to 4 years old
•often put things in their mouths
•don't often wash their hands
After entering the body, the eggs hatch into larvae that penetrate through walls of the digestive tract and may migrate to a child's liver, lungs, eyes, and elsewhere.
Experts in the United States estimate that about 20% of dogs pass Toxocara eggs into their stool. In Great Britain, 24% of soil samples taken from public parks contained the eggs. Toxocariasis cannot be spread from person to person
JohnS
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