“A guide dog owner was given an on-the-spot fine when his animal fouled in a city park – even though he explained he could not see what had happened. Ian Bradwell, who is registered blind, was handed the $106 fixed penalty by a city warden while he was walking his Labrador-retriever cross, Iona, in Braunstone Park… “I apologized, explaining I was visually impaired and held my stick up to show him. “I asked for a bag so I could go back and pick it up, even though guide dog owners are exempt from picking it up because they can’t see it. “He didn’t seem interested in anything other than giving me the $106 fixed penalty ticket. I telephoned the council but got the same sort of attitude.” w/ photos
