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der-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0, --Apple-Mail-7--822127652 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ;Glad to hear reporting works. Thank you for this information. Nancy Nancy Roberts Design Celebrating 24 years of making you look GOOD See my ceramic sculpture at = http://swoonfineart.com/index.php/home/artists/nancy_roberts/ Dartmouth, NS B2Y 2X6 902 461-1986 On 14-Apr-16, at 6:12 PM, BSC NS Plovers wrote: > Hi Nancy, > > Yes, you can call in and report a description of the person(s), dog =20= > and license plate. Same goes for vehicles on beaches or dunes - best =20= > to report as much info as possible (plate # if visible, colour, =20 > type, and driver description) and (if safe to do) take a photo. I =20 > have reported plates and descriptions before and officers do =20 > investigate. They have given warnings and laid charges in different =20= > cases. > > Thanks for asking, > Sue > > On Thursday, April 14, 2016, Nancy Roberts = <nancy.roberts@ns.sympatico.ca=20 > > wrote: > Do enforcement officers have to catch off-leash dog owners in the =20 > act on the beach in order to ticket or warn? > > Would calling in with description of the dog and a license number =20 > prompt a warning or investigative call? > > Nancy Roberts Design > Celebrating 24 years of making you look GOOD > > See my ceramic sculpture at = http://swoonfineart.com/index.php/home/artists/nancy_roberts/ > > Dartmouth, NS B2Y 2X6 > 902 461-1986 > > > > On 14-Apr-16, at 4:48 PM, David Patriquin wrote: > >> There are also the peeps that dogs chase.. Can't DNR simply ban =20 >> dogs on this beach, and Martinique? >> >> >> >> >> From: nsplovers <nsplovers@gmail.com> >> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 4:22 PM >> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Conrad Beach - New Boardwalk >> >> Hi all, >> >> I want to echo Kate's recommendation to report dogs off-leash =20 >> whenever you can to provincial enforcement officers: 1-800-565-2224. >> >> There were several Piping Plovers observed at Conrads in May 2015, =20= >> but they did not linger more than about a week. Dogs off-leash and =20= >> night time parties are chronic problems at this beach and may be =20 >> contributing or leading factors in why plovers do not stay to =20 >> breed. The officers are stretched thin in areas and reporting =20 >> incidents helps target their efforts. >> >> Thanks, >> Sue >> >> Bird Studies Canada >> NS Piping Plover Conservation Program >> >> >> Sent from Samsung Mobile >> >> >> -------- Original message -------- >> From: chris kennedy >> Date:04-14-2016 15:31 (GMT-04:00) >> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Conrad Beach - New Boardwalk >> >> Not to mention the sensitive dune vegetation... >> >> On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 3:25 PM, Keith Lowe <mythos25@live.com> =20 >> wrote: >> In addition to Kate=92s note, I would like to add that there is more =20= >> than Piping Plover we need to worry about when it comes to dogs off =20= >> leash. Soon the dunes and grasslands will have lots of breeding =20 >> Savanah and Nelson sparrows and dogs off leash can trample nests =20 >> and fledglings. >> >> Keith Lowe >> >> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca = [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca=20 >> ] On Behalf Of Paul Murray >> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 2:51 PM >> To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> >> Subject: [NatureNS] Conrad Beach - New Boardwalk >> >> April 13, 2016 >> Conrad Beach Warden please note: >> >> The new boardwalk at Conrad Beach in Lawrencetown is complete and =20 >> accessible now. They did a really good job of it and it looks =20 >> robust enough that no puny hurricane will knock this one over! >> Unfortunately, the dogs off leash are still a significant problem =20 >> on this beach. This morning there were no fewer that 6 running =20 >> loose at the same time. While four of the dogs where generally =20 >> behaving and staying close to their two handlers, the other two =20 >> dogs where totally out of control by their handler. One jumped me =20= >> by surprise from the side and then the other one jumped me at =20 >> shoulder height from behind and almost knocked me off my feet - =20 >> handler says sorry but did not leash the dog when requested! If I =20= >> had been frail or a child, there was significant potential for =20 >> injury. >> >> If the off leash dogs cannot be controlled on this beach, I would =20 >> suggest that the Piping Plover information sign might as well be =20 >> removed as I do not believe any piping plover could survive the =20 >> constant onslaught of off leash dogs, especially those that cannot =20= >> be controlled by their handler, like happened this morning. >> Paul Murray >> Dartmouth >> >> >> > > > > --=20 > Bird Studies Canada > NS Piping Plover Conservation Program > www.birdscanada.org/volunteer/nsplover/ > > > --Apple-Mail-7--822127652 Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">;Glad to hear reporting works. = Thank you for this information.<div><br></div><div>Nancy<br><div = apple-content-edited=3D"true"> <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; = text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webk