The Council seems intent on scrapping one of our dog wardens. It appears we have two at the moment but budget constraints in one half of the Council's budget has meant that they are going to reduce that to one. That one warden will patrol the Housing Esatates as well as generally operate across the Borough. I am worried by this as it means that an area stretching from North Kingston to Malden Rushett will be patrolled by one dog warden.
As if you need an example of the real concern that dogs can cause I have had two recent examples. During the General Election campaign one of our campaigners got bitten by a dog whilst out delivering. My daughter also had an unfortunate incident involving a dog which whilst not life threatening did shake her up - she is only 2!
I am not against dogs. My mother has always had a number of dogs and still shows them today. But I do worry about strippng away a service that many will not miss until they need it!!
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