Dog walkers are fuming after finding out a London borough is dreaming up new rules that could stop their pets roaming freely in parks.
Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman, who has made headlines in the past for his spats with the Labour party, is overseeing the enforcement of the government’s ‘Asbos for dogs’ policy.
Known officially as the Public Spaces Protection Orders, the regulations have already been implemented across the country. However, Tower Hamlets is an oddity by failing to specify which areas dogs are allowed to roam leadless.
It is this greyness in the rules which has now left open the possibility that the borough’s biggest green spaces, such as Victoria Park, could now become no-go areas for dogs.
The council claim that these clampdowns are warranted due to an increase in violent dog attacks in the borough alongside a rise in reported dog fouling.
However, these justifications are not reason alone to place a blanket ban on off-leash dogs in parks, local residents have…
