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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-6--826870671 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Do enforcement officers have to catch off-leash dog owners in the act =20= on the beach in order to ticket or warn? Would calling in with description of the dog and a license number =20 prompt a warning or investigative call? Nancy Roberts Design Celebrating 24 years of making you look GOOD See my ceramic sculpture at = http://swoonfineart.com/index.php/home/artists/nancy_roberts/ Dartmouth, NS B2Y 2X6 902 461-1986 On 14-Apr-16, at 4:48 PM, David Patriquin wrote: > There are also the peeps that dogs chase.. Can't DNR simply ban dogs =20= > on this beach, and Martinique? > > > > > From: nsplovers <nsplovers@gmail.com> > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 4:22 PM > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Conrad Beach - New Boardwalk > > Hi all, > > I want to echo Kate's recommendation to report dogs off-leash =20 > whenever you can to provincial enforcement officers: 1-800-565-2224. > > There were several Piping Plovers observed at Conrads in May 2015, =20 > but they did not linger more than about a week. Dogs off-leash and =20 > night time parties are chronic problems at this beach and may be =20 > contributing or leading factors in why plovers do not stay to breed. =20= > The officers are stretched thin in areas and reporting incidents =20 > helps target their efforts. > > Thanks, > Sue > > Bird Studies Canada > NS Piping Plover Conservation Program > > > Sent from Samsung Mobile > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: chris kennedy > Date:04-14-2016 15:31 (GMT-04:00) > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Conrad Beach - New Boardwalk > > Not to mention the sensitive dune vegetation... > > On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 3:25 PM, Keith Lowe <mythos25@live.com> wrote: > In addition to Kate=92s note, I would like to add that there is more =20= > than Piping Plover we need to worry about when it comes to dogs off =20= > leash. Soon the dunes and grasslands will have lots of breeding =20 > Savanah and Nelson sparrows and dogs off leash can trample nests and =20= > fledglings. > > Keith Lowe > > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca = [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca=20 > ] On Behalf Of Paul Murray > Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 2:51 PM > To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Subject: [NatureNS] Conrad Beach - New Boardwalk > > April 13, 2016 > Conrad Beach Warden please note: > > The new boardwalk at Conrad Beach in Lawrencetown is complete and =20 > accessible now. They did a really good job of it and it looks =20 > robust enough that no puny hurricane will knock this one over! > Unfortunately, the dogs off leash are still a significant problem on =20= > this beach. This morning there were no fewer that 6 running loose =20 > at the same time. While four of the dogs where generally behaving =20 > and staying close to their two handlers, the other two dogs where =20 > totally out of control by their handler. One jumped me by surprise =20= > from the side and then the other one jumped me at shoulder height =20 > from behind and almost knocked me off my feet - handler says sorry =20 > but did not leash the dog when requested! If I had been frail or a =20= > child, there was significant potential for injury. > > If the off leash dogs cannot be controlled on this beach, I would =20 > suggest that the Piping Plover information sign might as well be =20 > removed as I do not believe any piping plover could survive the =20 > constant onslaught of off leash dogs, especially those that cannot =20 > be controlled by their handler, like happened this morning. > Paul Murray > Dartmouth > > > --Apple-Mail-6--826870671 Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Do enforcement officers have to = catch off-leash dog owners in the act on the beach in order to ticket or = warn?<div><br></div><div>Would calling in with description of the dog = and a license number prompt a warning or investigative = call?</div><div><div apple-content-edited=3D"true"> <span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; = text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; = text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: = 2; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: spac