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Looking through the list of possible sites I noted one ''adjacent' to the Guide Dog Breeding Centre at Bishops Tachbrook.

I was manager at Tollgate House for 15 years. During that time a group of travellers parked in the now defunct lay by alongside our land. Although the humans were not a particular problem their dogs caused considerable worries.

They were there for around twelve months and during that period the dogs would be seen exploring our kennel complex. I learned that a local vet was treating several for sarcoptic mange and parvovirus. Both are highly contagious conditions.

The future of Guide Dogs in the UK rests with their unique breeding scheme producing healthy puppies in sufficient numbers.

Anything which risks this must is to be avoided at all costs.