Cabinet member for the environment Cllr Cris Tomos
PROTECTING Pembrokeshire play parks, and the children that use them, from the minority of dog owners who are irresponsible is the basis of a draft policy considered by scrutiny this week.
Discussions were prompted by a Notice of Motion last year from Cllr Aaron Carey calling for council owned or maintained children’s play areas to ban dogs.
The proposal was not adopted, but consideration to a policy around dog restricted zones would be given, including a focus on dog free play parks and responsible dog ownership.
At Tuesday’s (January 19) policy and pre-decision scrutiny committee cabinet member for the environment Cllr Cris Tomos said “having dog mess in play areas in play areas is a health issue so it needed looking in to.”