RESIDENTS at Tiddybrook,?Tavistock, say they are sick and tired of irresponsible pet owners using children's play areas on the estate as a dog toilet.

During a meeting of the residents' association last Friday, those attending heard that someone is taking a red setter dog to the children's park and leaving it unattended, returning to take it away again once it has defaecated in the area.

West Devon Borough Council ward member Alison Clish-Green, who attended the meeting, advised people to take a picture of the dog in the play park and report the matter to the council's dog warden.