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Chris Packham picks up other people's dog poo when out and about

Chris Packham cleans up “anti-social” piles of dog poo when he’s out and about.

The TV presenter, 61, is on a mission to keep the nation’s pavements tidy, saying: “Occasionally, if I’m out and I see piles of other people’s dogs’ poo, I’ll pick that up.

The star of the BBC’s Springwatch added: “Why not? It’s just so anti-social… you can’t have poo all over the pavement.”

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Chris has bad memories of seeing dog mess when he was growing up, adding: “At school, in the 1960s, you could be playing football on a sports pitch and you could fall over and everyone would laugh at you.

“You had to go home because you were covered in dog poo.”

Chris Packham here with his dog Scratchy, is launching a new show about pooches
(Image: Daily Mirror)

The nature-loving star has pooches of his own and loves spending time with them.

He said: “The sheer joy of being out in nature is enhanced by the relationship I have with my dogs.

“They make me happy. They add a completely different dimension from being out on my own,” he told Radio Times.

Chris has made a new show about dogs for the BBC, and hopes Dogs in the Wild: Meet the Family will encourage Brits to love their wild relatives.

A dog owner responsibly putting a dog poo bag into a bin
(Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)

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He added: “I absolutely love foxes. I’ve kept them and rehabilitated them and fed them pretty much all my life.

“Other people despise red foxes. They can be very divisive.”

Packham, a naturalist, has hosted Springwatch since 2009, as well as hosting Autumnwatch and Winterwatch.

For his work in conservation, the 61-year-old has received an abundance of awards, most recently, being appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours for his services to nature conservation.

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Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk


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