Students at Arnot St Mary’s Church of England Primary School are leading the forefront in creative posters designed to get dog-owners to clean up after their pets. Although the city council’s street cleaning crews have tried to crack down on owners allowing their dogs to foul on the school grounds, the students continue to have deal with the foul mess.
Now, the youngsters are leading a crusade of their own making to get irresponsible pet owners to keep their dogs’ messes off the school lawn. The posters are designed to educate the inconsiderate dog owner’s on what happens when they allow their dogs to poop just anywhere.
Posters include messages such as “We like to walk to school but not with dog poo on our shoe”, and other such catchy phrases designed to thwart potential offenders and encourage pet owners to clean up after their animals.
The project has been a school-wide effort and the posters will be part of a environmental clean up day which will take place on March 10 for the entire Arnot Street in Walton.
Last month, literally hundreds of posters were issued across the city in an attempt to crack down on dog fouling. Fines will increase to £1,000 for owners who fail to comply with local, Liverpool clean-up laws. The Arnot Street event is part of the overall scheme to rid the city of fouling completely.
Gary Shaw, the head teacher at St Mary’s, stated that the issue of dog fouling outside of the school has been persistent for years and that the kids have had to accept it as a stain on their school grounds. He adds that thanks to new campaigns such as this one, the kids don’t have to put up with a filthy campus any longer.
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