The community wardens at Cheshire East Council have launched a survey to gauge feelings about the Council's use of dog control orders.
Jane Mathews, Team Leader Animal Health & Welfare at Cheshire East Council, said "We receive a number of complaints regarding dog fouling and people not controlling their dogs and the Community Warden Service has been carrying out a lot of work to promote more responsible dog ownership.
"As part of this the survey was launched to gauge people's feelings about the Council's use of Dog Control Orders."
Offences covered under the Dog Control Orders include: failing to remove dog faeces; not keeping a dog on a lead; permiting a dog to enter land from which dogs are excluded and taking more than a specified number of dogs onto land.
The aim of this survey is to gain initial views regarding dog control orders within parks and cemeteries in Cheshire East. If specific proposals are made for a park these will be consulted on at a later date.
The survey is available here on the Council's website and should take no more than 5 minutes to complete.
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This lack of public protection also resulted in a young child being bitten by a dog in The Carrs recently, which wouldn't have happened if we had the same protection against the many useless dog owners that Greater Manchester has.
Has any progress been made to find the owner of that dog and bring them to justice?