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Dallas Wages War on Illegal Dumping

The City of Dallas is calling out people who illegally dump trash and even animals across the city, and leaders say they have a plan to deal with the growing problem.

Dallas Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Erik Wilson and others held a press conference on Dowdy Ferry Road about illegal dumping Tuesday morning.

It's one of 70 areas, mostly in southwestern Dallas, that officials said are chronic illegal dumping sites.

"It's not the individuals who live in that community doing the dumping," Wilson said. "It's the individuals who don't have any regard for the people who live in that community."

The dumping of tires and animals are major problems. Police found a dog that was dumped on Dowdy Ferry Road just a few hours before Tuesday's press conference.

The city has cameras in many of the problem areas, and since April police have made 20 arrests for illegal dumping.

The penalty is a $2,000 fine and significant jail time.

The city wants people who need to get rid of unwanted objects to call 311 rather than dump them illegally. And anyone with concerns about animals should visit the following website for more information: http://dallaspets.org/.

City of Dallas List of Chronic Dump Sites:

Council District 2
1600 Rock Island
 100 Dearborn

Council District 3
2700-3000 S. Ledbetter
4000 S. Merrifield
1800-2000 Mountain Creek
4700 Country Creek
1900 Western Park
2700-3000 Coombs Creek
5300 Turnout

Council District 4
4500-4700 Kolloch
3200 Seaton
2900 Tortoise
3700 Fordham
1500 Arrow
2600-3000 Southerland
1000-2900 Sargent
2900 Wilhurt
1600-2099 Canyon
400-500 Albright
400-500 Bobbie
400-500 Hart

Council District 5
10100 Acuna
8500 San Marino

Council District 6
1400 Chalk Hill
5400 Fannie
3700 Peoria
2300-2400 Tallyho
3300 Claiborne
5400 Nomas
2400-2900 Vilbig
2100 N. Edgefield
2100 Ormsby
900 Seale
600 W. Main
2700 Fishtrap
2300 Muncie

Council District 7
5200 Railroad
2800 Peary
3400 Latimer
1200 Coleman
1600 Bannock
5100 S. Lamar
1200 Park Row
3000 Reed

Council District 8
5300 Simpson Stuart
7601 S. Polk
9000-9200 Teagarden
2100-2500 Dowdy Ferry
8100 Rylie Road
1300 Riverwood
11400-12300 Kleberg
2500 Jordan Valley
3900-4300 Cleveland
8900 Blanco
9000 Blanco
4300 Telephone
4600-4800 Langdon
2300-2400 Givendale
2400 Gooch
2400 Fatima
2600 Ripple
5600 Baree
3100 Persimmon
5600 Bon Aire
1200 Killough
1500 Wheatland
1800 Crouch
4300 Memory
6200 Baraboo

Council District 9
6900 Valley Glen

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