Dogs on beach
Sir,— Recently we had a meal at a restaurant in your city. It enjoyed a sweeping view of the beach, allowing us to watch various groups making the most of the lovely summer’s evening. Not least among the motley crowd were the dogs and their owners. Let me hasten to state that I am very fond of dogs and
that I derive much pleasure from watching their ecstatic antics when taken to the beach by their proud owners. All those dogs which I saw on this particular evening were indeed accompanied by what appeared to be a responsible adult or two. However, not one single one of these presumably caring and civicminded persons seemed to feel any responsibility for their respective pooches’ use of the golden sands as a public toilet, sands shared by many others, including children, none of whom, one presumes, would be allowed to do likewise. It seems to me high time we had a law making “pooper-scoopers” obligatory accessories for all dogs. — Yours, etc., JUNE GRENFELL. Dunedin, January 19, 1988.
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