Alongside asking its visitors to follow the Countryside Code, one of the charity's rules that it emphatically enforces is having all dogs on a lead at all times whilst visiting The Heaton Woods Trust woodland. Back in 2006 the charity had major issues with dogs considered to be dangerous being off their leads and roaming freely around the woodland. This subsequently led to both other dogs and people being viciously attacked. As a result, local campaigners created a petition calling on the Bradford Council to create more safeguards and enforce legislation on protecting the public (including visitors to The Heaton Woods Trust woodland) from dangerous dogs.