Since 2001 there is an ordinance in force collecting fines to these uncivil behavior but has not until now that the Council has asked local police a much stronger attitude when applying the rules
Despite exist, since 2001, an ordinance penalizing non-removal of pet waste of public roads has not been until now that the City of Eagle has decided to take a much stricter attitude in this uncivil matter what it has resulted in the first ten local police fines imposed so far this month to those owners who have been caught "red-handed".
In this sense, the mayor of Public Safety, Vicente Ruiz, highlighted last November, responding to neighbors through citizen participation forums requesting that the consistory was more forceful when applying current legislation , was launched an information campaign with more than a thousand posters remembering that this unhealthy attitude from animal owners would be fined between 30 and 300 euros.
"Now, after a reasonable time but we believe that the time has come that the legislation, to remember in force since 2.001 but had never imposed any sanction applied," stressed Ruiz.
Ask the local police to monitor with more zeal these actions, says the mayor, "has no tax collection effort. What we want is that pet owners are aware that such behavior will not go unpunished. Collect feces animals on public roads is essential to have a clean place, to avoid damaging the image of Eagles also to prevent accidents and avoid health problems. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Águilas