No dog zones
A Christchurch councillor said there might be suitable “semi-wilderness” areas on the city fringes which could be designated as “dogexercising areas” to keep dogs from becoming a nuisance in residential : neighbourhoods. I But other councillors , I said that Cr D. C. Close’s i { idea was simply not prac- ■ i tical. Most dog owners ; | would not travel that far, i i and many could not, to i I walk their dogs or let { j them run. j Sir Robert Macfarlane I { said it would be difficult i I to find any area, even on : { the outskirts, where dogs * i would not annoy someone. i i Their owners would have { { to keep control of them . even there. Cr Close said that places such as Hansens Park in Opawa, a former rubbish tip soon to be developed, could have been used for
years as a dog-running . area. He admitted that he was not a great admirer of dogs. There are more than 13,000 dogs in Christchurch City, and their population increases by 500 to 1000 each year.
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Press, 4 March 1978, Page 21
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