If ever there was a reason why we should support the banning of the sale of fireworks, Saturday night was it on Risinghurst!
Suddenly it felt like World War Three with the sound of extremely loud repeater fireworks mimicking gun fire for a continuous 20 minutes amongst the general noise of other fireworks.
These sounded like large commercial ones, and I only wish the guilty party could witness the distress mine, and all the other dogs, cats and wildlife endured from this noise.
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Panting, trembling, fearful, and I had actually been to the vet and paid nearly £50 for gel to try and sedate my dog, and to also make me less stressed, all to no avail!
I have live on Risinghurst for over 50 years, and we have never experienced such a volume of fireworks from a public garden locally.
We must protect our wildlife and pets from this torture and support the plan to hold public displays only in places away from local housing, and organised and supervised by professionals.
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The threat to nervous pets lasts from Diwali to November 5 and onwards to New Year's Eve, plus the fireworks must add to the pollution, so the sooner we knuckle down and ban the over the counter and online sales of garden fireworks the better after the experience of Saturday evening!
Barbara Naylor
Risinghurst
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