Cork councillor calls for more dog wardens in city to enforce ban on restricted breeds

He raised the issue after a constituent complained about the lack of enforcement of dog control legislation in the regional park in Ballincollig

While national legislation says restricted dog breeds like the XL Bully must be leashed and muzzled in public, Cork City’s bylaws go further, prohibiting any restricted breed in any of the city’s public parks.

Cities need more dog wardens on patrol if a ban on restricted dog breeds is to be effective, a Cork city councillor has warned, following confirmation that the city has just three dog wardens to patrol 31 parks and nine cemeteries.

As well as patrolling all the parks and cemeteries, the three wardens also have to do daily licence checks, follow up on stray dog calls, deal with animal welfare issues and do home-checks for re-homing of dogs.