[Tweeters] Nature areas becoming unleashed dog parks.

[Kevin Lucas via Tweeters]

Elston,
Thank you, both for speaking up about bad behavior, and for sharing on
Tweeters that you did so.
I'm grateful Tweeters moderators allow you to do so.
Also, congratulations on having your efforts work.
Sincerely,
Kevin Lucas
https://www.aba.org/aba-code-of-birding-ethics/
Yakima County, Washington

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On Fri, Nov 15, 2024 at 2:21 PM Elston Hill via Tweeters <
tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:


> One of my favorite locations for wildlife is the north end of the

> Arboretum. Nice wetlands and wilder than the rest of the park. Sadly, since

> not as many people visit this part of the park, it seems that some dog

> owners think this is a great place to release their dogs.

>

> There is one woman who shows up around 8:00 am. As soon as she crosses the

> bridge to Foster Island she unleashes the dog. The dog is not menacing to

> people but it is super hyper and runs like crazy in every direction and

> into the brush and wildest areas. I recently told her that I was taking

> pictures of her and her dog to send to the Arboretum. I have yet to send

> the pictures to the Arboretum, but the last two times I was at the

> Arboretum I was shocked to see that she had leashed her dog and was jogging

> with it rather than turning it loose.

>

> If we want to preserve our wild areas, we need to speak up and there

> should be enforcement of the leash laws. Fines to the offenders could pay

> for the enforcement.

>

> Elston Hill

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