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Horse owners should clear up their mess, too
Never mind about dog fouling in public places, what about horses’ mess?
Two weeks ago someone with a horse allowed it to drop its mess on the pavement at the corner of Teal Road in Whittlesey.
I rang Fenland District Council who put me on to the highways department who said it was not their job to clear pavements.
So I gave up trying to find out who would clean this mess up and to my knowledge it’s still there. Why can’t horse owners or riders be fined the same as dog owners?
H.H.
Whittlesey
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rebel woman
Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 09:25 AMI would rather have horse poo than dog dirt
Trigger
Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 07:37 PMIf they cannot be bothered to clean up after their animals on public roads and footpaths then they should stick to riding them in fields.
rogerandrew
Friday, January 27, 2012 at 06:50 PMI have seen many horses on public paths and roads that have bags hanging just below the tail to catch the offending mess..this should be law.no excuse for messing paths and roads..come on PCC,make it mandatory..
AliV
Friday, January 27, 2012 at 12:34 PM@1 - Or perhaps they shouldn't take a skittish and unpredictable animal that fouls everywhere on a public road in the first place!
Lazy Daisy
Friday, January 27, 2012 at 12:29 PMLooks like ruralmum has it covered.
ruralmum
Friday, January 27, 2012 at 11:46 AMIt was a bit unfortunate that the horse mess fell onto the pavement rather than the road. However, in the days gone by, folk would have been rushing out of their doors to scoop this up to place on their compost heaps or gardens. As horses are herbivores their deposits are perfectly OK to be used in this way (compared to dog mess, as dogs are carnivorous). Strangely I came across this very question in a back issue of a magazine recently, on the letters page. There was just one reply, which made complete sense. A horse rider is unable to carry any form of bag, container or poop scoop in order to clear up after the horse it is riding. The whole idea may cause a host of other problems, having to stop, dismount, hold the horse and bend down to remove droppings (which are generally in a far larger pile than that of dog poop). Imagine how this situation could lead to a dangerous one. Horses are unpredictable creatures and can change for calm beings to spooky beings in a very short time. It would just take a loud person, fast car or dreaded litter flying across the road to make the whole scenario a scary one. Not only that, the rider, together with contents of horse mess, would then have to try and re-mount, without the aid of a leg up or mounting block to continue on their journey. Horse owners cannot predict when their horse will foul, neither can dog owners, obviously, but at least for dog owners there is no excuse for not removing the offending poop without causing any further inconvenience or problems. Rather than spending time complaining to the council trying to waste their time and money coming out to clean up, perhaps citizens could think about recycling and clear up the poop themselves to reuse in a better way (ie their gardens).
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