Residents in Kerikeri, New Zealand, have won the right to keep their piles of fresh manure right where they left them–in the streets.

As reported by Stuff.co.nz, the controversial bylaw, stating riders had to immediately pick up horse droppings in public places, was originally drafted due to droppings left by a Clydesdale near a local cafe. Local horse owners swarmed the council with more than 100 letters opposing the bylaw, which was then repealed.

Anti-dropping campaigner Charlie Smellie (yes, that really is his name) was unhappy with the repeal, stating that the wording of the original bylaw should have applied the cleaning of the poop to only the Kerikeri central business district