{"id":241,"date":"2016-12-08T14:36:15","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T14:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monaghan.ie\/environment\/?page_id=241"},"modified":"2025-02-06T11:41:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T11:41:22","slug":"dog-fouling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/environment\/dog-fouling\/","title":{"rendered":"Dog Fouling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dog fouling in towns and villages has become an increasing litter issue over recent years.\u00a0 Not only is dog fouling unsightly, but it poses a health and safety risk to many, particularly those who use wheelchairs, pushchairs and prams.\u00a0 Dog fouling poses many challenges.\u00a0 Dogs let out unaccompanied is difficult to resolve unless the dog owner can be identified and is subsequently visited by the Dog Warden as letting a dog out unaccompanied is illegal under the Control of Dogs Act 1986, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishstatutebook.ie\/eli\/1986\/act\/32\/enacted\/en\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/www.irishstatutebook.ie\/eli\/1986\/act\/32\/enacted\/en\/index.html<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dog walkers are obliged to clean up after their dog and the Council has an ongoing awareness campaign to alert owners to their obligations.<\/p>\n<p>As part of this campaign, Monaghan County Council has provided dog foul bins\/bag dispensers at the following locations across the county, and more will be provided over the lifespan of this plan:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As part of a new initiative to help tackle dog foul on public footpaths, Monaghan Co. Council in conjunction with Carrickmacross Tidy Towns Committee opened the Dog Park in Carrickmacross.\u00a0\u00a0 This is the first of its kind in County Monaghan, and it allows dogs <em>to exercise and play off-leash in a controlled environment under the<\/em> supervision of their owners.\u00a0 The park is fully fitted with dog foul bins.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Dog fouling in towns and villages has become an increasing litter issue over recent years.\u00a0 Not only is dog fouling unsightly, but it poses a health and safety risk [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-241","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dog Fouling - Environment<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/environment\/dog-fouling\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dog Fouling - Environment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; 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