dturm
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The following article arrived in one of my email newsletter today. Is it only a matter of time before we can get those evil campground doo-doo culprits.
City begins dog doo DNA program
The Israeli city of Petah Tikva has launched a six-month initiative to help curb its dog poop problem, according to a Reuters news report.
Authorities in the Tel Aviv suburb are requesting dog owners bring their dog to the city veterinarian, where a sample of the dog’s DNA will be taken and filed in a database. The DNA database can then be used to identify dogs and match them with their owner.
Dog feces found on the street can be analyzed for DNA, and if a match is found, the owner could face a fine. Alternatively, dog owners who scoop the poop and put it in special trash cans are eligible to win pet food coupons or dog toys.
The city takes its cleanliness seriously.
“A special enforcement team minimizes the phenomenon of dog excrement in parks and the city’s sidewalks,” says the city’s website. ”The Municipality’s dog excrement cleaning/collection services are carried out by an automated pooper-scooper.”
According to the Reuters report, the city veterinarian, Tika Bar-On, said that the city may require mandatory DNA samples from dogs if the trial program is a success. Bar-On also said the DNA database could be used in place of microchipping pets for identification.
"The sky is the limit on how far we can take this," she said.
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BCSnob
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It seems to me that the cost of reliable DNA finger printing and then sample analysis, typically $50-$100 per test (dog and poop), is far higher than their current problem.
I could save them money; I'll pick-up their dog poop for $25 each sample.
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Love the vet's name: Tiki Bar-On. 
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Hoops
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Interesting---agree with Mark, very expensive, howevere the threat of it just might make some pick it up.
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Intheloonybin
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I'll have to move there, as there must be no crime or nothing better to use manpower on!
And I pick up my dogs poo, so I wont have anything to worry about. 
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I think all city parks should supply shovels for dog owners to pick up after their dogs, then there won't be a problem.
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TMBLSN
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old guy wrote:I think all city parks should supply shovels for dog owners to pick up after their dogs, then there won't be a problem.
I think that all parks should provide propane grills.
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Deb and Ed M
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old guy wrote:I think all city parks should supply shovels for dog owners to pick up after their dogs, then there won't be a problem.
You'd think that would be the case...but no....
I was astounded to find random piles of dog poo at an RV park that was super-dog friendly - they even supplied "Mutt Mitts" - double-lined extra-thick, surely the Rolls-Royce of scooper bags..LOL!! ..at several points in the park for anyone to use. But obviously, those who won't pick up after their dogs will continue, despite the convenience to do the "proper thing"
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suesodyssey
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While at an RV park in a FL city along the northern Gulf Coast, noticed a sign as we checked in: $25.00 fine for not picking up after your pet. $75.00 reward for notifying office of people not picking up after their pets. That park did not have one spot of poop anywhere! Maybe giving the reward would be cheaper than doing DNA tests!
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suesodyssey wrote:While at an RV park in a FL city along the northern Gulf Coast, noticed a sign as we checked in: $25.00 fine for not picking up after your pet. $75.00 reward for notifying office of people not picking up after their pets. That park did not have one spot of poop anywhere! Maybe giving the reward would be cheaper than doing DNA tests!
Money talks! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the idea. Smart RV park owners and it made the RV park itself pleasant at the same time.
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