Well those red dogshit bins are everywhere round here. I suppose that they are at least partly funded by non-dog-owning council tax payers. Yet dog owners don't pay any extra for this vital service. I suggest a dog licence fee of £500 per annum per dog to cover the removal of the ordure, to disinfect pavements, to treat children infected by dogshit on beaches, etc., and to provide funds to nature reserves and other conservation areas to minimise the damage caused by the hundreds of out-of-control dogs which seriously disturb wildlife, including ground-nesting birds. I can go out on any day to our local reserve on Bude Marshes and witness this taking place.