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Q Do we need pet parks?

I am not a pet lover and I don't have a need for a pet park. But whether I need one or not, I see pets on the streets, on the upper podium of the private estate where I live, around the school building where I teach. I see droppings and can detect the foul smell left most mornings and evenings.

So what can we do but say 'hi' to these dog owners, secretly hoping that they will take their dogs farther away from where we work and live.

I curse them when I and my children are playing ball or badminton as our balls or shuttlecocks may fall on where these pets just urinated or made their droppings.

There is really nothing we can do about it.

How nice it would be if there was somewhere big where dog owners could take their dogs for a stroll and urinate. It would not only do them good, it would improve the hygiene of where we live and work.

We must not be miserly and think only of the money we will pay to build the parks, or the land that can be used for other more useful purposes.

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