Calls for “dog-free” zones to be introduced in Wales are “another attack on pensioners”, broadcaster Emma Woolf has fumed on GB News.
It comes after a Welsh government report, compiled by climate action group Climate Cymru BAME, recommended allotments and “dog-free areas” in local green spaces.
The report did not elaborate on how the proposed areas would help inclusion and tackle racism.
Speaking on GB News, Woolf said such an introduction would act as another “creep” into the lives of ordinary people, with elderly people in particular being affected.
“This is ridiculous”, she said.
“How can you justify this? There are plenty of people, regardless of their race, who don’t like dogs. You just have to avoid them.
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Emma Woolf hit out at a call for dogs to be banned from certain areas
Getty“It’s this idea that if you come from a culture where dogs aren’t acceptable, you then impose your culture on this culture.
“You come to Britain and have a warm welcome, don’t try and start to impose your culture on us.”
GB News’s Lee Anderson said the scenario put forward by Woolf is not actually happening, and it is actually a “white, middle class male” sat somewhere coming up with the proposal.
She responded: “It is a complete waste of public resources and it does concern me when we’re changing the way we’re living.
Emma Woolf hit out on GB News
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“Where are you meant to walk your dog? It’s also about the creeping nanny state, you can’t do this, you can’t do that.
“It’s also attacking pensioners and older people. It’s so disrespectful to people who are just going about their lives in this country.”
Andrew RT Davies, leader of the Welsh Conservatives - the largest opposition party in the Senedd - has called it "outdated virtue-signalling nonsense".
He said it is "completely out of touch with the needs of the people of Wales".
"Labour is stuck on yesterday's thinking, the kind that is being roundly rejected globally," he added.
A Welsh government spokesperson said it is "committed to creating an anti-racist nation by 2030".
"Our anti-racist Wales action plan is built on the values of anti-racism and calls for zero tolerance of all racial inequality," they added.
