News that Wigan has the highest number of dog poo incidents has caused a stink amongst regular walkers. Many frequent users of Pennington Flash believe that lack of bins and lockdown were to blame for the area being given the top spot in the north west for incidents.
There were a total of 534 incidents in the borough last year, with Salford coming second with 417 reports. Tameside (365), Rochdale (243) and Oldham (216) came in third, fifth and sixth respectively across the north west, according to Freedom of Information data collected from 101 councils by Pet Plan.
There has been no fines issued by Wigan, Tameside, or Rochdale councils in 2021 to perpetrators - Oldham handed out three fines.
