KC Dog, the Kennel Club’s campaign group in place to help responsible dog owners protect their rights, is alerting dog owners in Staffordshire to a dog control order consultation currently taking place in Tamworth.
 
Tamworth Borough Council is running a consultation on the introduction of a number of orders that would have a direct effect on dog owners and dog walkers in the local area.  
 
The orders that the council may introduce include:
 
Dog fouling order – this will be applied to the entirety of the Borough of Tamworth.
Dog exclusion order – this will ban dogs from all designated play areas and multi use games areas.
Dogs on lead order – this will make it an offence to exercise a dog off-lead on all public footways, Anker Valley Sports Pitches, cemeteries and all grass verges adjacent to a road or public highway.
Dogs on lead by direction order – this makes it an offence not to put a dog on a lead when instructed to do so by an authorised official and will apply to the whole of the Borough of Tamworth.
 
Commenting on the use of dog control orders, Caroline Kisko, Kennel Club Communications Director said: “We would recommend that all dog owners in Tamworth and the surrounding areas have their say on these potential dog control orders.
 
“These types of orders are becoming more common as councils attempt to find ways to control dog fouling and reign in irresponsible dog owners. Unfortunately, this often means responsible dog owners are also penalised and have to suffer restrictions.
 
“KC Dog aims to alert people to dog control order consultations and thereby ensure the fairest outcome for all, so we would encourage as many people as possible to look at the current consultation that Tamworth Borough Council is running and make their thoughts known to the council, as these orders will have a direct impact on dog owners in the area.”
 
To have a say on the potential restrictions, contact the council either by emailing environmentalmanagement@tamworth.gov.uk, or by writing to Mrs J Sands, Neighbourhood Services Manager, Tamworth Borough Council, Marmion House, Lichfield Street, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 7BZ. Alternatively, an online survey can be filled in at
www.snapsurveys.com/swh/surveylogin.asp?k=132223586082.
 
More information on these proposals can be found at www.tamworth.gov.uk/environment/dog_control_orders.aspx.
All responses must be made by midnight on 28th February.
 
KC Dog is an information network, free to join, whose members benefit from news and information on dog control orders across the UK. Visit www.thekennelclub.org.uk/kcdog for more information.
 
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13th January 2012
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Notes to Editors:
 
Dog control orders were introduced under Section 6 of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005. The Act came into force in April 2006 and enables local authorities to implement the following orders:

• The fouling of land by dogs and the removal of dog faeces
• The keeping of dogs on leads
• The keeping of dogs on leads by direction
• The exclusion of dogs from land
• The number of dogs which a person may take on to any land

The Kennel Club is the largest organisation in the UK devoted to dog health, welfare and training. Its objective is to ensure that dogs live healthy, happy lives with responsible owners.
 
It runs the country’s largest registration database for both pedigree and crossbreed dogs and the Petlog database, which is the UK’s largest reunification service for microchipped animals. The Kennel Club Assured Breeder Scheme is the only scheme in the UK that monitors and sets standards for breeders, in order to protect the welfare of puppies and breeding bitches. It also runs the UK’s largest dog training programme, the Good Citizen Dog Training Scheme and licenses shows and clubs across a wide range of activities, which help dog owners to bond and enjoy life with their dogs. The Kennel Club runs the world’s greatest dog show, Crufts, and the Discover Dogs event at Earls Court, London, which is a fun family day out that educates people about how to buy responsibly and care for their dog.
 
The Kennel Club invests the money that it makes from registrations and its Petlog identification database into its dog training and education programmes, welfare campaigns and the Kennel Club Charitable Trust, which supports dog welfare charities and research into dog diseases. The Kennel Club jointly runs health screening schemes with the British Veterinary Association and through the Charitable Trust, funds the Kennel Club Genetics Centre at the Animal Health Trust, which is at the forefront of pioneering research into dog health.
 

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