Members of the public leaving ‘dog fouling bags’ in an area of Tenby’s South Beach have been warned by the town council that they will be prosecuted and fined if caught.

Speaking at Tuesday night’s meeting of the town council, the town clerk, Andrew Davies, said that somebody seemed intent on making a point about there being a lack of public bins on that section of the popular beach, but that whoever was responsible, was breaking the law and would be fined if found out.

“I don’t know if it’s dog walkers making a point, but they are creating an unsavoury situation for people to clear up by piling up bags of dog foul in that area,” Mr. Davies told members.

“Pembrokeshire County Council don’t employ beaching cleaning staff over the winter months, so we have had to ask the town council’s own handyman to clean up the bags.

“If the dog owners are responsible enough to pick up their pet’s business in a bag and carry it the length of the beach, then surely they can go a bit further to the bins located in the South Beach car park, instead of piling them up on the sand!” he continued, pointing out that anyone caught could be liable to pay a maximum penalty fine of £500 issued by the county council.

Clr. Paul Rapi said that it was ‘appalling’ behaviour from those responsible.

“This is worse than dog fouling and littering as the plastic bags don’t degrade! It has to be someone local responsible at this time of the year, and they should be given a hefty fine if found out,” he remarked.

Clr. Will Rossiter said it seemed to be a common theme at the moment in Tenby, for people leaving bags of rubbish where they shouldn’t be.

“Maybe Pembrokeshire County Council can put in a couple of small cameras in that area. We’ll soon see who is responsible then!” he commented.