Letters: There is no magic tree fairy to take away your dog poo

SIR - On a walk around Brockenhurst at the weekend I came across four separate instances of small plastic bags hanging from tree branches and fences.

My initial excitement at a potential new village treasure hunt was cruelly dashed when I discovered the ‘treasure’ was in fact dog poo.

On what planet in which galaxy would anyone think it a good idea to go to the trouble of carefully scooping up their dog’s poo, delicately insert it into a small bag brought along especially for that purpose, and then just hang it on the nearest branch or post?

What on earth goes through the (clearly very tiny) brains of people who do this? Do they think there is a magic tree fairy who will spirit away the bag and its contents under cover of darkness?

Do they think the council, so awash with money, has a new poo-collecting service? Or do they consider themselves too posh to pick poo and leave the bags for the common people, or perhaps the commoners, to deal with?

Or is it, simply, that they are utterly selfish, utterly anti-social and wholly cretinous? Yes, I think that can be the only answer.

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