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Notices should be conspicuous

It was no surprise to read in Peninsula News (Forum, February 13) complaints concerning signage relating to dogs on beaches.

What took them so long?

My complaint to Council after the installation of the first of them, regarding the number and location of these inadequate notices , elicited the reply "We will fix more as they become available".

"It is all in compliance with the Companion Animals Act."

The Companion Animals Act 1988 No 87 reads, in relation to "Dogs prohibited in some places" (including beaches), that "Notices to be conspicuously exhibited at reasonable intervals".

One must ask what part of "conspicuously exhibited" and "reasonable intervals" Council does not understand?

If these notices are to remain in their present form and locations, the sooner we teach the dogs to read them the better.

Some owners can't or won't do so.

Dean Hartigan, Umina Beach