Muggings updates, 2008 .. banning dogs is the worst thing to do.

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TMNP's draft Environmental Program for Dogs         (synopsis by FDW) for the sake of you & your dog, participate by sending your comments to the Park's consultant Justin Miller dogwalking@natureconservation.co.za some dog-walkers comments

FDW are also taking part in a conciliation process set up by the mayor of Cape Town that is working to find an agreed solution to the ongoing dispute between the biodiversity people and those who would like forestry to continue in Tokai and Cecelia. The City of Cape Town has embarked on a process to introduce a new bylaw for dogs and cats that will cover the entire area of the Unicity. FDW have arranged to take part in the workshopping of the process. FDW representatives attended the first meeting and the chairman, Cllr JP Smith, assured everyone present that in contrast with the Johannesburg bylaw, which would be unacceptable to us because of it's many anti-dog provisions, there will be plenty of public participation. In spite of what you may have read in the press, to date the council has not published even an initial draft. The SPCA has just produced their own proposed draft which will be workshopped at future meetings. Geraldine Goncalves for Friends of the Dog Walkers

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