Blaenau Gwent Council are currently the only council in Wales to employ a private company to issue fines to those that don't clean up after their pets. The result was that the number of fines issued rose from 10 a year to 1,099.Now there is interest in employing private companies to do the job in other South Wales Councils with a second Welsh council hiring a private security firm to enforce fines. The one year trial from 30th July is designed to 'significantly improve' the cleanliness of their streets, parks, beaches and other open spaces. The Vale of Glamorgan issued 13 fines the previous year!
