Parks
Reported Tuesday, 1 December 2015 at 4:04 pm, 39–73, Kedleston Drive, Avonhead, 8042, Canterbury.
The reporter’s words
Whippet Dogs from 1 Henridge Pl Avonhead Dear Sir/Madam, I'm not sure if I'm in the right place to submit my complaint, however I couldn't find a direct link on your website. I'm writing to complain about 2 whippet dogs in the Avonhead cemetery. They were out of control running over the graves and headstones disrupting carefully placed arrangements. They were upsetting an elderly lady who had come to the cemetery to tend to the grave of her late husband. The teenage boy walking them was unable to keep them under effective control as they were not on leashes. I have approached the boy before reminding him it is a cemetery and his dogs should remain on their leashes if he cant control them, as a mark of respect for those buried there and their loved ones who come to grieve. I also suggested he walk them in the Avonhead park to avoid upsetting those who are there to tend to their loved ones graves. Unfortunately this is not the first time and my requests have been ignored hence I am wanting to report them. If an official letter of some sort could be sent reminding him his dogs must remain under effective control whilst in the cemetery as a mark of respect I would be most grateful. It is always an emotional time for those visiting the cemetery and lately I have noticed some visits have been cut short due to the disruptive nature of the out of control dogs. I wish to thank you for your understanding of this matter and hope a resolution can be sorted for both the dog owner and the cemetery visitors. I look forward to your reply. Kind Regards Gillian
The filing
- Filed
- Tuesday, 1 December 2015 at 4:04 pm
- Report number
- #104,633
- Filed under
- green
- Coordinates
- the pin on the map →
The council’s work orders, near this pin
- Grave Maintenance (Park)6 m away · resolved 20 Oct 2020, took 13 months
- Graves Top Up8 m away · open, filed 1 Oct 2019
- Grave Maintenance (Park)8 m away · resolved 8 Oct 2019, took 6 months
- Grave Maintenance (Park)9 m away · resolved 2 Jul 2019, took 4 days
- Grave Maintenance (Park)10 m away · resolved 5 Jun 2019, took 4 days
- Grass (Park)10 m away · resolved 12 Nov 2018, took 5 weeks
- Grave Maintenance (Park)11 m away · resolved 22 Jul 2020, took 45 hours
- Grass (Park)11 m away · resolved 8 Oct 2019, took 13 months
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Where this sits
The pin140 Hawthornden Roadlands 27 m from this filed address, its whole recordThe streetHawthornden Roadthe street the pin lands nearest, its record, every report on itThe suburbAvonheadthe suburb, in depthThe problemParksevery filing of its kind on the city’s booksThe date1 Decemberthis date in the archive, across the yearsThe year2015the year’s shelf and ledgerThe mapOn the mapthe pin, among its neighboursBeforeWhat stood herewhat the archive knows of this ground
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