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Furious residents have described Liverpool's dog poo problems as "endemic" after CCTV footage captured the moment a woman let her pet defecate in-front of someone's house.

The incident occurred on Stowford Close in in West Derby yesterday, but it appears there's a lot of foul play occurring across the city.

Hotspot places that have been named and shamed include Banks Road in Garston, Electric Avenue in Fazakerly, Hanford Avenue in Orrell Park and estates in Old Swan and Tuebrook.

Sian Garden, from Old Swan said: "This happens all the time, right in front of our drive both bagged up and not, although I’ve never been able to catch the culprit.

"As an owner of two dogs, it annoys me that there are owners out there that don’t take full responsibility."

And Pamela Cousineau who lives on Hanford Avenue in Orrell Park said: "Each and every morning someone who walks their dog before going to work leaves a deposit of poo between the parked cars.

"Apart from getting up really early and standing at the front door, trying to catch them is impossible.

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"Because the poo is at the back or just in the gutter of people's cars you don't always notice it until it is too late. My husband and I came back from holiday, unloaded suit cases and walked this disgusting mess straight into our home!

"If I ever get to catch them I will not be responsible for my actions. This has been going on for ever. To stop my grandchildren from standing in the mess I do pick it up most days."

Speke resident Zak Pigott said dog muck on Banks Road in Garston was also becoming a regular and unplesant sight.

He added that when he once confronted a shameless pet owner, he was met with abuse.

Zak said: "It’s become quite common over the last few months to see dog walkers early in the morning along Banks road in Garston allowing their dogs to make mess on the footpath and outside the gates of the school and children’s centre.

"It’s absolutely disgusting and they have no intentions of cleaning up.

"I confronted someone about this once when I was taking my three year-old to nursery. He said that he had no dog waste bags to pick it up, so I offered him a spare nappy bag to clean it up and throw it away, to which he replied 'it’s not my problem let the council deal with it, or pick it up your f***ing self.'"

One resident from Fazakerley said: "I and other dog walkers regularly walk our pooches along Electric Avenue in L10 which runs adjacent to the new Liverpool Fruit and Vegetable market that has been built - just by the Vikings Landing Public House.

"As you walk on either side of the road it quickly becomes apparent that the problem is not with people not cleaning up after their pooches it's that there is nowhere to put the bags once you have cleaned them up - the road has little black bags of poop littered all along the road.

"If you have ever tried taking the said bags of pooch home then you will know the stench it causes in the car."