Dog poop.
From here:
I am writing this letter to express the concern we, at St. James Anglican Church feel about the abuse of our facilities by dog owners. In particular, dog owners seem to presume that the gardens and parkland on the south side of St. James are public property, owned by the City of Stratford. Nothing could be further from the truth.
The lands on the south side of St. James stretching down to Huron Street are the property of The Anglican Church of Canada, Diocese of Huron. A large portion of the property is a Registered Cemetery that is very much in use.
In fact, we will have four internments there during the month of June.
At the direction of the Wardens of St. James, a large garbage can is placed out on the south side lawn of the Church for those that may have paper refuse, coffee cups or pop cans. We do this to encourage people to be responsible citizens while visiting our property. This garbage can is not for the collection of hundreds of pounds of dog droppings.
We acknowledge and thank dog owners for cleaning up after their dogs. However, it is their responsibility to carry their dog’s droppings back to their home for disposal.
On behalf of the Clergy, Staff, Wardens and Parishioners of St. James Anglican Church, please accept my sincere thanks for your cooperation.
I’m still trying to train my dog to poop on the immaculate lawn of the Diocese of Niagara’s St. Jude’s; he’s very particular about where he deposits his offering, though, so I’ve had little success.
That was unworthy of you, David.
You could try to train him to piddle on the legs of the local minister in charge. Just a suggestion.
I can understand what they are going through. Dog poop is now in some places no longer allowed in regular garbage. Why I do not know. So if they are ending up with a garbage can full of it they will be having difficulties in getting rid of it.
On the bright side at least the dog owners are picking up after their pets and not leaving the poop on the yard.