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Tough new dog rules for city
12:49pm Friday 1st June 2007
Dogs are to be banned from being let off their leads across Brighton and Hove.
The canine clampdown will see £80 fines handed out to owners who allow their pet to roam free in any street in the city.
It will also become an offence not to put a dog on a lead immediately when asked by police or animal welfare officers anywhere in Brighton and Hove, including parks.
Demands on the council's dogcatchers have rocketed during previous years.
Complaints ranging from dog mess to stray and dangerous animals have more than doubled from 956 in 2004 to 2,068 in 2006.
The council's four animal welfare officers will be responsible for dishing out the fines but discussions are being held with police with a view to bringing community support officers on board.
By-laws dealing with dogs and dogs' mess are left over from the days when Brighton and Hove were separate authorities.
And if environment councillors give the scheme their approval at a meeting in Hove Town Hall next Thursday the city council's animal welfare officers will begin consultation on a new dog control order.
Councillor Geoffrey Theobald, chairman of the environment committee, said: "These changes should make it a lot easier for dog owners to understand exactly where dogs are allowed to go, when they should be on leads and should reiterate that people must always clean up after their dogs, as failure to do so could result in a fine of up to £80 under the new legislation."
A dog ban in all children's play areas and on Brighton beach between the Palace Pier and Hove peace statue from April to September will also remain in place.
Dogs will be allowed off the lead in parks and other sections of the beach.
Labour councillor Gill Mitchell, leader of the opposition, said: "I'm all for greater clarity as where dogs can or can't go but what people will want to know is how this will be enforced, particularly in relation to dogs' mess on pavements, which seems to be getting worse."
At the end of the consultation period, the council will consider any feedback it has received and the new by-laws will go back to its environment committee to decide if any changes need to be made and when the new orders will come into force.
Guide dogs will be exempt from all the dog control orders.
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Muttley, Stopping A Pigeon says...
2:18pm Fri 1 Jun 07
Charlie the hound, Shoreham By Sea says...
2:41pm Fri 1 Jun 07
Here we go again, Hove says...
2:44pm Fri 1 Jun 07
The majority of us dog owners who clear up after their dogs and do not let them roam free will still be bracketed with the feckless idiots who know they can do what they like and get away with it
Muttley, In The Doghouse says...
3:01pm Fri 1 Jun 07
Easy 10, says...
3:12pm Fri 1 Jun 07
chris, seafront says...
3:31pm Fri 1 Jun 07
sarcastic society of little brighton, bton says...
3:52pm Fri 1 Jun 07
sarcastic society of little brighton, says...
3:54pm Fri 1 Jun 07
Easy 10, says...
4:02pm Fri 1 Jun 07
I'd hate to think where you'd have to stick the router.
Sarah, HOVE says...
4:02pm Fri 1 Jun 07
julie b, brighton says...
4:14pm Fri 1 Jun 07
DW, Hovw says...
4:14pm Fri 1 Jun 07
walkies, brighon says...
4:16pm Fri 1 Jun 07
mr g brown, DOWNING STREET says...
4:27pm Fri 1 Jun 07
sarcastic society of little brighton, portslade says...
4:51pm Fri 1 Jun 07
have you factored carbon emissions into that tax calculation?
mark, with big gordy himself says...
4:59pm Fri 1 Jun 07
David, Brighton says...
7:28pm Fri 1 Jun 07
me, says...
9:09pm Fri 1 Jun 07
David wrote:run your mouse over the bold letter, and all will be revealed
Why is Brighton Pier in bold letters, is the Argus trying to brainwash us into using this incorrect name for The Palace Pier?
mark, brighton says...
10:13pm Fri 1 Jun 07
jj, brighton says...
10:17pm Fri 1 Jun 07
X=Y, Hove says...
10:24pm Fri 1 Jun 07
julie b wrote:Sheep? Cows? Pigeons? Seagulls? Foxes? Mice? Hedgehogs?
If the issue is 'mess', most dog owners are fairly responsible and pick up the mess - unlike almost ALL cat owners who allow their animals out to roam, where they habitually leave their filth in gardens and parks. One rule should apply to all animals - cats are equally unpleasant and unhealthy polluters. Keep your dirty cat indoors!
That policy might get a little problematic.
piers nagrom, Brighton says...
10:56pm Fri 1 Jun 07
me wrote:Product placement in newspaper stories -interesting concept, and slightly unnerving.
David wrote: Why is Brighton Pier in bold letters, is the Argus trying to brainwash us into using this incorrect name for The Palace Pier?run your mouse over the bold letter, and all will be revealed
It is and always will be the Palace Pier and everyone in Brighton and Hove wants to keep it that way - if only for the sake of accuracy. I'm shocked The Argus no longer wants to recognise that, or the views of its readers, just for an bit of extra advertising revenue from a company which I suspect has little interest in the opinions of Brightonians and lots of interest in attracting tourists who could be hoodwinked into thinking there is only one pier in Brighton, when in fact there are two Brighton piers, with two different names.
Perhaps Pepsi would like to get in on the act ... we could rewrite history and rename the Royal Pavilion too ... the Pepsi Challenge Pavilion.
The North Coca-Cola Laine?
Maybe that's the way forward for the other Brighton pier ... sponsorship, maybe from a mortgage lender ... the Bristol & West Pier?
Although why any company would want to place an advert in a story about dog mess and irresponsible dog owners is beyond me - strange thing to want to associate your company with, or maybe appropriate in this case?
Dave, Portslade says...
8:25am Sat 2 Jun 07
Richard Gurner, Argus House says...
9:47am Sat 2 Jun 07
The website link is just that and nothing more. We also link to council websites and other notable places and organisations.
mark, brighton says...
10:10am Sat 2 Jun 07
me, says...
10:54am Sat 2 Jun 07
mark wrote:they're links to website for g0ds sake - jeez, it getting like american around here with conspiracy theories abounding
thats great richard, but why carry free advertising for a company that has continually tried to block the west pier developement? and council links are not profit making,why is the link there at all? we pay 35p for our paper and adverts are clearly that. and to highlight it is possibly a subliminal move?
Richard Ringspanner III, thankfully not in brighton says...
9:47pm Sat 2 Jun 07
Pi, Brighton says...
5:21pm Mon 4 Jun 07
Pi, Brighton says...
5:24pm Mon 4 Jun 07
Someone, Somewhere says...
2:57pm Tue 5 Jun 07
Vicky B, says...
6:50pm Tue 5 Jun 07
Am I still OK to walk my pooch on The Level off his lead? Or will I be issued a fine for this terrible crime?
kerry, brighton says...
2:00pm Thu 7 Jun 07
Jon, Hove says...
10:22am Tue 12 Jun 07
I walk my dog off the lead all the time, he is very well trained; responds to everything, and i clean up his mess. Dog's need to "run" not just "walk" surely this is bad for the animal, by not being able to provide sufficient exercise? If someone has an issue with the person's dog, then this should be bought up with them. 95% of dog owners are responsible, you can't penalise everybody because of the odd inconsiderate individual. That's like saying we should all be locked up, as some of us are criminals.
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Easy 10, says...
1:37pm Fri 1 Jun 07
Thats useful.