Raging Ayr residents told they can't put up 'No Dogs Allowed' signs at poo-covered park

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Frustrated Ayr residents have been told that dogs cannot be banned from a kids swing park they say is covered in animal muck which threatens their children’s health.Newton Residents Association invited an environmental officer to their monthly meeting to discuss issues in the area, with unkempt gardens and vermin high up the list of complaints.And they had hoped to get the nod to put No Dogs Allowed signs up at the kids playpark off York Street in a bid to tackle dogs fouling in the grass.

The £50,000 park was only opened in April this year.But they were told that changes to the law now prevented them from introducing such bans.

Instead, they could only put up ‘no dog fouling’ signs asking owners to control their pets and clear up after them.The group had initially complained about the amount of dog fouling along Newton Shore.One member of the residents group, Wullie McCurdie, then asked about the dog fouling in the children’s playpark off York Street.

He also questioned the situation where council workers would not clear up the muck when they were cutting the grass.He said: “There is a swing park out of my back door.