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Old 18-08-2009, 01:55 PM
Cotham Marble Cotham Marble is offline
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Re: Dog Poo Composter

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Originally Posted by Maiden View Post
I use Bio-gradable "poo" bags.
If my dog has a "poo" in the garden I bury it in the corner ,and our Giant slugs actually eat it! Afew days later and the "poo" is gone. I don`t use chemicals in the garden. It infuriates me to see "poo" bags hanging from trees.
Garden burial doesn't address the problem of Toxocara eggs which may last in the soil for up to six years, and apart from the hazard to human health offer a reinfection vector for the dogs.

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