Burgh Primary pupils make plea to locals over dog fouling
Mar 13 2013
by Will Henshaw, Rutherglen Reformer
The pupil council at a Rutherglen primary school have started their own campaign against dog fouling.
While some misguided individual is placing white powder around lampposts in Burnside in their own attempt to halt the problem, the children of Burgh Primary have taken a more structured and mature approach.
The pupil council organised a school wide poster competition, with the theme aimed at getting dog owners to clean up their canine’s poo.
However there’s other projects in the pipeline, as it’s a problem the pupils have had enough of.
Student Chloe Huskie (10) said: “We have to be eco friendly. It’s not right. People know what to do. It only takes two seconds to clean it up.”
Jack Barrowman (11) said: “I don’t think it’s right. Children have the right to a clean environment. Out my front it’s full of dog poo. We can’t play football.”
Kieran McCormick (9) added: “I think people can be lazy and they don’t want to clean it up. I slipped on poo. I saw on the news, if dog poo gets in your eyes, it can blind you.”
Now the winners of the poster competition have been announced, the school will ask local businesses to display them.
They also intend to contact Rutherglen Shopping Centre and get a space to hand out leaflets on the matter. They will also send some to South Lanarkshire Council’s environmental health department.
Principal teacher Victoria McCool said: “It was originally spurred by a complaint from a parent about the amount of dog fouling around the school.
“I took it to the pupil council and they agreed that it was a problem and they wanted to do something about it.
“We took a walk around and it is a problem as you can see it on the major routes to the school.
“A lot of the pupils have said it’s a problem around the streets where they live.”
