This picture of a girl in a woolly hat with autumn leaves on her eyes lying on a woodland floor has been doing the rounds on Facebook etc. Not because it’s cute or funny but because if you look closely you can see a dog turd right next to her head, at 1 o’clock in the photo.

Here are a few good reasons why dog owners should always scoop the poop to bag and bin it: Heartworm, whipworm, hookworm, roundworm, tapeworm, parvovirus, coronavirus, giardiasis, salmonellosis, cryptosporidiosis, campylobacteriosis.