SIX-year-old Zachary Stribley has mounted his own campaign to stop dog fouling on the streets of Callington.

Zac has drawn up posters and placed them around West End Square ,where he lives, in the hope that people will take notice.

Fed up with the amount of dog poo on his route to school, Zac decided to do something about the problem, after his dad's appeals to Cornwall Council seemed to fall on deaf ears.

'I approached the old Caradon District Council and the new Cornwall Council but nothing has resulted from it,' said Zac's dad Mark Stribley, who is the police community support officer for Callington.

'Every day there is a new dollop of dog poo on the road and we are constantly telling the kids to watch where they are walking. It's disgusting.'

Mark said it was very difficult to catch people in the act, as it was usually the irresponsible dog owners who got up really early in the morning to walk their pets.

'Zac said if the council was not going to do anything, he would,' said Mark.

'He's quite the little artist and he drew up these posters and we placed them around the West End Square and Liskeard Road area.'

The poster says 'DO NOT POO UP HERE' and shows a picture of a dog and a poo with a cross on it.

'I have to say that it seems to have had some effect and Zac's so pleased that he is planning to put them up all over town,' added the police officer.

Mark said together with Westover Road, this area of town was the worst in Callington for dog fouling.

'I think if people see dog poo all over the place it just makes other irresponsible dog owners follow suit.

'It is only a minority of people, most dog owners are responsible, but it is like anti social behaviour — the minority spoil it for everyone else.'

He added that dog bins would help the situation and so would regular visits from the dog warden.

He had patrolled the area, including three early starts at 5am, but had not caught anyone yet.

'I think people power does work — it the community stands up and says it is not prepared to tolerate it then they can put a stop to it.

'I don't mean vigilante stuff but people putting up their own signs and providing evidence.'

Town councillor Jeremy Gist said dog fouling was a long running problem which had been raised frequently with the former Caradon District Council, but each time a site had been identified for a dog waste bin, no-one wanted it outside their property.

'The answer is really enforcement, people getting fined and being embarrassed in the newspapers.'

'But good on the little lad — lots of people complain but never do anything about it.'