Droppings Left Behind are Bad for Kids, Adults, and other Dogs 

Dog feces left behind poses a serious health risk. Roundworm eggs, tapeworms, single-celled parasites, as well as infections viruses, fungi, and bacteria remain in the soil and may also wash into local waterways. 

Naturally, diseases can pass from dog to dog through contaminated soil, but many bacterial and parasitic diseases of pets can be spread to humans also. Anyone who comes in contact with contaminated soil or water is at risk; children run the greatest risk of serious infection.

It is vital to the well being of everyone in Woodehaven that every dog owner pick up after their dog.

View Parasitic Diseases of Pets Transmissible to Humans

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