Two dogs died just a few weeks apart after colliding with metal rugby pitch barriers in a Cardiff park. The shocking incidents, which occurred independently of each other in Moorland Park in Splott, have prompted a petition by a local resident to try and get the barriers removed.
Hundreds have already signed the online appeal, which you can see here. It was created by 25-year-old part-time student Kate Jones, whose housemate Siobhan Artigan's greyhound, Jet, suffered severe injuries to his chest on February 3 and had to be put down.
Regular users of the park claim the barriers, which border the rugby pitch in the middle of the field, are "dangerous to dogs and small children". They have been compared to "scaffolding pipes" and described as "rock solid".
