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Enfield park call

by Mark Rowe

Enfield Council in north London is urging residents and park users to help them find the people responsible for repeatedly wrecking a new children’s playground in Forty Hall.

The council believes that the vandalism is caused by the owners of fighting dogs who are training their animal by making them hang off the equipment by their jaws. The council has already been forced to repair the damage to the playground, which was only completed in mid-August, three times. The council says that it’s looking to install CCTV cameras and increase park guard and park police patrols in the area, in an effort to catch those responsible.

Enfield Council’s Cabinet Member for Environment and Community Protection, Councillor Chris Bond, said: “I find it absolutely astonishing that anyone is stupid enough train fighting dogs, but to do so in a children’s playground shows quite remarkable levels of idiocy and selfishness.

“There have been too many reports in the media of young children being seriously injured by dogs in recent years, so to actual train a fighting dog in a playground and condition it to behave violently around play equipment which is routinely used by toddlers is one of the most despicable things I’ve heard in a long time. These people are a menace to society and should be utterly ashamed of themselves. We want to catch them before one of these dogs attacks someone.

“This wanton vandalism is completely unacceptable and it is costing us a fortune to repeatedly replace the equipment which is being damaged. We want residents to tell us who is responsible so we can work with the police and the courts to take the appropriate action against them.”

Anyone with information should contact the police on 101.

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