Tenby councillors have claimed that inconsiderate people are killing a scheme brought in to try and curb dog fouling in the town. After allocating £3,500 a year on dog waste bags to fill dispensers that are dotted around the town put in place in case dog owners needed a bag in an emergency, councillors have said that they need to look at whether the scheme is worth continuing as it is costing too much and not gaining the results that they hoped. "We pay £3,500 a year for this service out of our budget and it's totally being abused," said Mayor, Clr. Mrs. Sue Lane at Tuesday night's meeting of Tenby town council. "The dog waste bags are purely there for an emergency, yet we fill the dispensers up three times a week and within hours they are empty again, because inconsiderate people constantly abuse them. People even come into the town council offices and expect us to hand out bags to them for free when the dispensers are empty! "We need to rethink this scheme as it's costing too much, and I don't think any other town or community council in Pembrokeshire funds this kind of scheme. "It would be cheaper to employ someone to walk around to pick up after these irresponsible dog owners instead!" she continued. Clr. Trevor Hallett said he often witnessed people taking handfuls of the bags out of the dispensers, while Clr. Mrs. Christine Brown said that people were even using them to carry vegetables in, children's footballs and baby nappies. "They are not there for people to fill their pockets with, but unfortunately it's human nature that if people can have something for nothing then they do," remarked Clr. Mrs. Brown, who suggested that the town council cut the service back for the time and filled the dispensers up less frequently. Clr. Mike Evans said that dog fouling was one of the main anti social behavioural aspects in the town, and that it was disrespectful to the residents and children of Tenby, that inconsiderate people choose not to clean up after their animals. "It was an honourable and good attempt at trying to tackle the problem, but the scheme is failing and it's time to look at it again," he said. "The problem is worse in the winter than the summer and I don't want to live in a town that is covered in dog mess. "I can't believe that any dog walker goes out without a bag, so the abuse is killing the scheme," added Clr. Evans. The town clerk said that on average, 4,000 bags were put out a week, with the Mayor, adding that she felt that it might be more beneficial for the town council to look at stopping the funding of the bags and employing their own dog warden to carry out enforcement in the resort.