A dog owner has started a petition calling for a council to tackle barley grass after one of her pets was injured by the weeds’ seeds for the third summer running. Tanya Jeffrey has written to Brighton and Hove City Council leader Phélim Mac Cafferty asking for an end to the problem and set up a petition – Foxtail Barley Grass Seeds Must Go – on the Change.org website, reports the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
The problem has afflicted a growing number of pets since the council stopped using glyphosate weed killer – known commercially as Roundup. Several candidates at the 2019 local elections signed up to a pledge to ban the herbicide – and since the ban American foxtail barley grass has spread significantly.
Miss Jeffrey, from Mile Oak, set up her petition after mounting vet bills and hearing about other pet owners in the same predicament.
