Unleashed dogs are a danger to the South Boston community.
Selfish dog ownrs ignore at least four posted signs to leash dogs in Father Buckley Playground.
The soil is polluted , with no chance of grass growing back, or being used by children.Dogs running unleashed have torn up the ground and dug several holes.
Too many dog owners seem to be operating under the false assumption that there is nothing wrong with allowing their dogs to run off leash in on-leash areas, because their dogs are “friendly” and won’t harm anyone. Many of these folks will even yell at a distance, as their dogs come galloping toward people “Don’t worry, he’s friendly”, as though that makes their illegal and dangerous choice acceptable.
It is blatantly selfish and irresponsible to put these people and their dogs in the very situation they want to responsibly avoid. The lawbreaker’s attitude seems to be that they and their dogs’ welfare are more important than that of others.
On the ACO side, we’d like to see immediate fines for the first violation, without a pass or warning. The latter only encourages people to continue to keep repeating bad behavior, knowing there’s a good chance they may get away with it.
Please help in this effort.
The Friends of Father Buckley Playground.2014.
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