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Save Our Shores volunteers picked up 16 pounds of dog waste bags at a recent cleanup
at Carmel Beach.
CARMEL, Calif. -
Save Our Shores says volunteers are noticing a major increase in the number of bags
of dog wasted abandoned on Carmel Beach during this year's beach
season.
Numerous Carmel community members have brought this issue to the attention of SOS over
the last few months. On June 14, three Sanctuary Stewards collected cleanup data
to back it up - and the group collected 39 bags of dog waste, a total of 16
pounds, at Carmel Beach.
Save Our Shores volunteers distributed dog waste bags to people visiting Carmel Beach
on July 4 but during a cleanup there the next day, the 185 pounds of trash
collected by volunteers included 37 bags of dog waste.
Although there are dog bag dispensers at Carmel Beach, SOS has found that many visitors
are bagging their pets’ waste and leaving it on the sand, rather than walking it
to a garbage can.
"Plastic bags of dog waste on the beach are a serious issue,” said Rachel Kippen, SOS
Program Manager. “Not only are they an eyesore and horribly unpleasant, but they
also have a direct impact on some of our most critical species, including the
endangered southern sea otters that call Carmel’s kelp forest home. "
Save Our Shores will be hosting cleanups at Carmel Beach from 10 a.m. to noon on July
19, Aug. 23, Sept. 20, Oct. 18 and Nov. 15.
To learn more please come visit Dirty Work, Atlanta's Pet Waste Clean Up and Removal Service
Save Our Shores volunteers picked up 16 pounds of dog waste bags at a recent cleanup
at Carmel Beach.
CARMEL, Calif. -
Save Our Shores says volunteers are noticing a major increase in the number of bags
of dog wasted abandoned on Carmel Beach during this year's beach
season.
Numerous Carmel community members have brought this issue to the attention of SOS over
the last few months. On June 14, three Sanctuary Stewards collected cleanup data
to back it up - and the group collected 39 bags of dog waste, a total of 16
pounds, at Carmel Beach.
Save Our Shores volunteers distributed dog waste bags to people visiting Carmel Beach
on July 4 but during a cleanup there the next day, the 185 pounds of trash
collected by volunteers included 37 bags of dog waste.
Although there are dog bag dispensers at Carmel Beach, SOS has found that many visitors
are bagging their pets’ waste and leaving it on the sand, rather than walking it
to a garbage can.
"Plastic bags of dog waste on the beach are a serious issue,” said Rachel Kippen, SOS
Program Manager. “Not only are they an eyesore and horribly unpleasant, but they
also have a direct impact on some of our most critical species, including the
endangered southern sea otters that call Carmel’s kelp forest home. "
Save Our Shores will be hosting cleanups at Carmel Beach from 10 a.m. to noon on July
19, Aug. 23, Sept. 20, Oct. 18 and Nov. 15.
To learn more please come visit Dirty Work, Atlanta's Pet Waste Clean Up and Removal Service