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The Parents Association belonging to a Dungiven Primary School have issued a grave warning on how dog excrement can lead to blindness.

The warning by St Canice PS Dungiven Parents Association comes after a number of young children arrived to school with dog excrement on their shoes over the past week.

The association, took to social media to post this message calling for dog owners to clean up after their dog.

The footpaths leading to, from and around the area of our school are full of dog dirt resulting in a number of children coming to school this week with dog dirt on their shoes, not only is this disgusting but it is also very dangerous especially for our younger children who are too young to know not to touch their shoes if they are covered in dog dirt.

The message continued: Toxocariasis can cause serious illness, and can even lead to blindness. It is caused by a parasite, known as Toxocara Canis, also commonly referred to as Roundworm. The Toxocara Canis parasite lives in dogs digestive systems, and so dogs act as hosts for the parasite.

For the safety of our/your children please clean up after your dog!

The issue of dog fouling along on the Curragh Road, Dungiven, close to both St Canice Primary School and St Patricks College, has been an ongoing issue for some time.

In the past local councillor, Sean McGlinchey has called on the dog owners to clean up after their dog but last night he told the County Derry that it was now down to the local community as his previous warnings had been a waste of time.

He said: Dog fouling is an issue that is a major problem right across the Borough, it came up at council meeting last week.

In the past I have called on dog owners to clean up after their dogs but for some owners, it has been a complete waste of time. They have ignored the communitys concerns. I believe that it is now down to the local community to report the dog owners responsible. If members of the local community want to give me the information privately, I can pass it on to council to try and get the matter resolved.

Over the past few weeks, I have had parents come to me to complain about dog fouling outside our local schools and our play park and rightly so. It is an absolute disgrace and something needs to be done, said Mr McGlinchey.

The Sinn Fin mad added: If anyone has information on dog owners who are responsible for not cleaning up their dogs mess, please contact me on my mobile 07889352489.

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