Human poo in park outrage

Human poo in park outrage

May 30 2003

South London Press

IT IS usually park users who complain about dog walkers causing a mess.

But in a bizarre role-reversal in Kennington Park, a dog walker is fed up with HUMANS pooing everywhere.

Trevor Quick, who walks his two West Highland terriers, thinks it is such a problem that he has complained to Lambeth council.

He said: "They are coming into the dog area, pulling their pants down and defaecating.

"When we confront them, they get violent towards us. They say, 'if your dog can defaecate, so can we'.

"I have been face to face with many people. Dog walking is supposed to be relaxing but all I end up doing is arguing with people.

"I cannot take photographs because photographing people defaecating is of an explicit nature. It is absolutely horrific but they are so confrontational when you tell them to go away."

He claims the problem has even led to him making a shocking discovery. "Dogs cannot distinguish," he said. "When I cannot see my dog, I find it in the bushes, eating human faeces.

"I want signs in the dog area saying there are toilets open and an arrow."

A Lambeth council spokeswoman said: "We are doing everything we can to address the issue.

"This includes reopening the public toilets over the next four weeks.

"If there has been a problem of people defaecating in the park, then the reopening should help address that."

What do you think about people using parks as loos?

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