Where there’s horse muck, there’s brass | Letters
Readers respond to letters about the etiquette of picking up horse manure, and its surprising propertiesSetting aside the general etiquette of picking up (or not) after horses (Letters, 19 January),...
By Guardian Staff · The Guardian Opinion
Readers respond to letters about the etiquette of picking up horse manure, and its surprising properties Setting aside the general etiquette of picking up (or not) after horses ( Letters, 19 January ), there is in fact decent evidence that dog poo poses rather more of a public health risk than horse muck – in terms of pathogens, parasites, diet, and how long the stuff remains infectious. This is not a new debate. As a sergeant in the mounted department in the 1990s, I once found myself dispatched to Radio Merseyside’s Roger Phillips phone‑in to defend our position during an entire programme devoted to complaints about police horses leaving their calling cards in the city centre. Continue reading...