HAVING read A Foul Welcome (Citizen, Feb 4), I couldn't agree more with the writer's comments about dirty dogs and their owners.

I have recently moved to Ansdell from Trafford, Gtr Manchester, thinking that this area would be clean compared to Trafford.

How wrong could I have been?

My wife and I walk along saying "Mind your step."

I'm sure that it can't all be done by stray dogs because the only dogs we see are all tethered to a 'can't care less' owner.

St Annes is absolutely disgusting with the amount of pigeons and their remains.

It's about time that Fylde Council tried harder to put a stop to the idiots who go along with a big plastic bag of broken bread to feed the dear little feathered friends!

So now you doggy owners, you feed them at the front end, make an effort to clean them up at the rear end.

You have a nice town here try to keep it clean.

Disgusted,

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