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Welsh village plastered with offensive message to irresponsible dog owners

06 Nov 2024 3 minute read
Posters were left around Merthyr Vale

Emily Price

A south Wales village has been plastered with an offensive message to irresponsible dog owners who don’t clean up after their pets when they foul.

Home made posters were attached to lamp posts along a stretch of main road in Merthyr Vale in Merthyr Tydfil with the words, “Clean up after your dog you lazy f**k”.

Locals say the street which leads on to Cardiff Road is “constantly smeared with dog muck” despite waste bins being available.

The area forms part of the school run for children living in Darranlas who attend the primary school in Aberfan.

The posters have been attached to several lamp posts

Stench

Cardiff Road resident Thomas Dafydd said: “This street has been a mess for years. I don’t know if it’s the same person letting their dog do its business in the same area everyday – or a number of irresponsible owners.

“Kids walk along this stretch to school and if you use the bus stop here the stench is disgusting. People walk through the dog muck then scrape it off their shoes along the pavement, it’s gross.”

Members of the Aberfan, Merthyr Vale and Mount Pleasant community Facebook page are mystified over who is responsible for the printed signs.

The area is covered in dog excrement

‘Disgusting’

Sharing an image of one of the posters in the group, one member said: “I maybe would have phrased it differently but couldn’t agree more, Cardiff Road is a mess.”

Another member said: “Well done to the person who put this up, it is disgusting by there – hope it works.”

Another said: “Let’s hope this works, some of the dog mess is bigger than my dog. Constantly trying to dodge it on this road. Worse still looks like some have been picked up but thrown over the barrier outside peoples gardens.”

Some residents in the community group praised the “harsh but truthful” language used by the secret clean up crusader.

One member said: “Spot on. Fed up of have having to dodge heaps of sh** in the mornings when I’m out walking my pooch.”

Another said: “I’d phrase it exactly like that. Perfect. No beating around the bush.”

Dog excrement can cause toxocariasis, leading to serious health issues like breathing problems, seizures, and blindness, especially in children

In Wales, the fine for dog fouling can be up to £1,000 if you are prosecuted, or you may be issued with a fixed penalty notice of up to £100.

Merthyr Tydfil County Council says “routine patrols” of areas by staff to observe owners allowing their dogs to foul are now the norm and prosecution is a likely outcome.


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Rhufawn Jones
Rhufawn Jones
26 days ago

Treni nad ydynt yn Gymraeg hefyd. “Glanhewch ar ôl eich cŵn y cari dyms uffar”

Frank
Frank
26 days ago

Don’t you just love the “lazy ****s” that do actually pick up their dog’s mess, tie a knot in the bag and then place it in top of a wall thinking that’s okay to do so. To me, faeces in a plastic bag will take months or even years to decompose.

Anthony Bentley
Anthony Bentley
22 days ago
Reply to  Frank

Or they stick it in your bin not releasing that they actually committing trespass on most private property to get to your bin, just take it home, it is just like the visitors to our Welsh mountains all the rubbish they dump it was heavier when they carried it up now it’s empty it’s lighter so easy to carry home lol.

David RJ Lloyd
David RJ Lloyd
26 days ago

one of the bi-products of covid was far too many went & got a dog with little or no knowledge of what it takes, including cleaning up their poo!! i live just off broadway in cardiff & the amount of poo on our paths is staggering. something has to change & it begins with people taking responsibility & not leaving poo everywhere. the council needs to start fining people & the word will soon spread…..?

Welsh Patriot
Welsh Patriot
26 days ago

Where I live practically everyone cleans up after their dog, but sadly this can’t be said for the whole of Wales. From experience the rate of clean up is directly proportional to the per capita income, same can be said for general litter.

Alun
Alun
26 days ago

I worked in Port Talbot today and I was early, I walked along the sea front. I was astonished by how much smudged dog mess there was on the asphalt.

Anthony Bentley
Anthony Bentley
22 days ago

Funny how it reads monitored I have never seen the dog warden and believe me there is enough dog mess in our street although CCTV and photos given to Merthyr council it still goes on , they will not put up signs or fine the idiots so I totally agree with the sign I think I may put some up just as good in our street.

Last edited 22 days ago by Anthony Bentley

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