Sometimes people need to use a bit of common sense. As little patience as I have for poop-and-run pet owners, this person was trying to do the right thing. BBC:
Mrs Robson, or Thurlow Way, Houghton-le-Spring, said she had been talking to her daughter on her mobile phone when her dog ran off and relieved itself.She let the case go to court and the local authorities backed down. But not after one of the strangest letters they probably ever wrote.
After she cleared up she was approached by two men, one wearing a city council jerkin.
She said: "He said it was the wrong mess and that he was going to issue me with a fine for £50.
"I picked up the other mess too and put it in the bag but he said I'd still be fined."
Later she received a £50 fixed penalty notice threatening court action and a criminal record if she did not pay.
Sunderland City Council then wrote to Mrs Robson, saying: "Officers at the time were satisfied that an offence had been committed.
"However it appears you may have collected faeces belonging to another dog."
