Don’t Poo Poo DNA Evidence
Since this is a dog blog, a couple times a month our boy Bo thought it would be nice to get the news through a dog’s eyes. When Bo decides to share his thoughts you’ll always see the tag Bo Knows. Okay Bo, take it from here…..
I remember the good old days when the only thing watching me was my parents. They’d lose interest quickly when they let me outside and I’d lay down to doze. Of course I was faking it because there was exploring to do. After enough time had lapsed, I’d head to the fence at the back of the property and dig out underneath it. Just like that, I’d be free to roam the streets of suburbia for the day. Good times, my friends, good times.
Those days of going ‘freestyle’ are quickly coming to an end, not only for me, but for everyone. We now have cameras monitoring our every move, gps tracking collars around our necks and bodies embedded with microchips.
There’s even rumor I’ll be taxed for every yard I run through! What’s society coming to?
Here’s a hint of the next stage of government imposition being thrust upon us…check out what’s happening in Germany.
A German lawmaker proposed on Monday a novel and high-tech way of dealing with the menace of dog poo on the streets: DNA testing to identify the canine culprit and fine its owner.
Peter Stein, a conservative politician in eastern Germany, told AFP that under his proposal, officials would test the excrement and then match it up to the offending dog using a DNA database of all pooches.
German dog owners are fined 30-40 euros (40-50 dollars) if they fail to clean up after their pets, but very few are caught, with only four fines given out in Stein’s hometown of Rostock – human population 200,000 – last year.
“Just saying ‘it wasn’t my dog’ will not wash any more,” Stein said.
I gotta go. I’ve got some cleaning up to do. Woof!
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Honestly? I wouldn’t mind, because I pick up after my dog. And I also pick up after other dogs in an attempt (however futile) to keep our park clean.
honestly, I clean up after my dog after she poops. I only leave her outside to poop and play. And sometimes, our maid has to clean the poops of other street dogs.
I always carry poop bags in my pockets and use them. I will pick up other poop sometimes, but I couldn’t possibly get it all. What I find really hard is to see a big poop just a few feet from the poop bags at the park. What could possibly be that owner’s excuse? I can’t imagine DNA testing would be financially sound, but the threat might get more people to pick it up.
I pick up after Flicka and Lucas… and it seems half the dog population of Oklahoma. I have no problem with fines…. but like so much else.. it is an unenforceable law no matter what the intent.