Summer beach regulations set for dogs and horses

MONDAY, MAY 2: Horses and dogs will not be permitted into certain parks and beaches over the summer.

A press statement from the Department of Parks said South Shore beaches are off-limits for horses.

From May 1 to October 31, they will not be allowed access to Horseshoe Bay, Peel Bay, Butt’s Beach, Wafer Rocks Beach, Chaplin Bay, Stonehole Bay, Jobson’s Cove and Warwick Long Bay, Johns Smith’s Bay, Elbow Beach and Shelly Bay.

Owners and handlers of horses may take or ride the horses on all other public beaches but with restrictions. They can only take or ride the horses below the high water mark between the hours of 5am and 8am.

But horses are allowed on the trails and dunes of South Shore Park at any time.

Dogs are not allowed to be on any of the public beaches until October 31. But they can be walked either on the trails or on the dunes in South Shore Park, but must be on a lead.

For health and safety reasons, dogs are not allowed on the playgrounds at Clearwater Beach, Mullet Bay Park, Shelly Bay Park, Parsons Road, Admiralty House Park, Warwick Long Bay and Death Valley.

Dogs are also not permitted in the new Coopers Island Nature Reserve where the NASA Tracking Station was located.

The cooperation of dog owners and handlers is appreciated.

If further information is required on any of these regulations please contact the Department of Parks at 236-5902.