Sydenham Town Forum

Cat poo is unfortunately unavoidable. Dog poo is avoidable, as dogs can be trained. Cats can also be trained but they are somewhat more difficult. At the end of the day, why have more poo than we need to? In Knighton's world of pure equality for animals, the logical extension of his argument is als...

Knighton, I think you are missing the point. Dogs are subject to restrictions because some of them have a tendency to attack people. You may remember that some of the current regulations came in after a spate of children were mauled by dogs which resulted in some horrific injuries. A domestic cat o...

Very curious.

There was a web page devoted to this. I can find no trace of it now.

Hi Raymondus. I was indeed suggesting that the hot air generated towards dogs was unjustified while other species are let run loose. I do indeed believe cats should be subject to the same restrictions as dogs. Clearly wild animals cannot be and this does raise the issue of whether there is any point...

so why did you post the following leaf? :roll: (When no-one had responded) oh well maybe everyone on here loves dogs,pooh and all! surely im not the only one who hates cleaning dog pooh off their childrens shoes? and both on the forum at the same time yet again. What a coincidence! :shock: :roll:

and precisely where have I bullied? I have simply stated a different view from the one posted by leaf. Leaf, instead of taking up the challenge and justifying his/her position screams "fowl" because the reaction was not what he/she anticipated. Far from making anyone submit to my will I ha...

No hostility has been suggested or even remotely inferred. I have disagreed with components of your argument and taken your opening statement to the next stage. I have put an alternative view. I have pointed out the contradictions and unfairnesses contained within your opening statement. If you beli...

My points are directly relevant to your thinly disguised attack on the canine population and human companions. Why should dogs be restrained when other species are not? Cats are far more likely to cause injury and illness. Cats are far more likely to be the cause of Road Traffic Accidents. If you ar...

So why should dogs be restrained and not other animals? I am not arguing they should be let to run riot, or even to defacate on footpaths etc. They are, though, animals and other domesticated animals, such as cats, are not similarly restrained. Cats carry far more potentially infectious diseases tha...

I installed an electronic device by my pool. It is supposed to scare them (cats) off. It doesn't!

Mind you I suspect the dumb things that appear in my garden are stone deaf. I have to make a visual display of wrath to make them clear off!

and the cat pooh?

and the fox pooh?

and the pidgeon?

and the rat?

why pick on dogs?

the 75, 202, 450 and 194 would need only modest diversions. 75 could either avoid the top end of Sydenham Road altogether and simply travel up Cator/Trewsbury Road or Kent HOuse Road. Then again it could simply divert along Silverdale/Bishopsthorpe Road. 202 and 450 could divert along Newlands Park,...

pedestrianising Sydenham Road between Newlands Park and Safeway remedies all those problems. I have suggested this several times before. It is pooh-poohed. It is, however, the only answer to Sydenham's problems. The traffic can use the trunk roads provided for that purpose: The South Circular and th...

All those birds are to be seen in my garden. Seems to me the gardens around mine provide a better nature reserve. We also have red foxes, hedgehogs, squirrels... frogs, toads!

so the Wells Park Estate is elite?

This is a no win situation. We are asked what changes we should like. Elsewhere some of us have made constructive suggestions - which would include the demolition of certain components of Sydenham Road. The answer? Where will the money come from? That ugly monstrosity is beautiful.... Some people si...

Sounds like British Gas have won.

What an excellent idea Leaf.

a large bulldozer

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