Dog waste bags hang off bushes 'like decorations'

IRRESPONSIBLE dog owners have made shrubbery by a popular riverside walk resemble a Christmas tree with decorations, a Carmarthenshire councillor has said.

- RICHARD YOULE

Unfortunately, the "decorations" between Pontamman and Brynamman were dog poo bags tossed over the fence by the River Amman, said Cllr Colin Evans.

He was speaking at a council scrutiny meeting about a proposed three-year extension of a public space protection order relating to dogs.

Council chiefs plan to renew an existing order requiring owners to clean up after their dogs, put them on a lead in certain circumstances when asked to do so by an authorised officer of the council, and not allow them into enclosed playgrounds.