Sadly, David Heilpern’s well-written missive regarding non-compliant dog owners in Byron Shire will achieve absolutely nothing. The fact is, that unlike councils in the adjacent Ballina and Tweed shires, the Byron Shire Council is simply incapable of, or just couldn’t give a rat’s about, serious dog compliance. Never have, never will.
For starters, the mainly hopeless signage about where dogs should and should not be doesn’t help. Only dragging the selfish arses of serial offenders before the courts and the imposition of appropriate penalties will help what’s left of the wildlife and the sanity of people who don’t wish to be hassled by, or be in the presence of, other people’s dogs in restricted areas.
As a footnote, Byron police are just not interested in the issue.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
