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Tracking Dog Poop with DNA Analysis

Monday, July 11, 2005

National Public Radio published an audio report on its website of a proposed solution to find dog owners that don't pick up after their dogs, through DNA analysis.

In Vienna, Austria, where the general public appears to be lackadaisical in picking up their dog's poop, the leader of a political party has proposed a new law of sorts that would require law enforcement officers to take DNA samples of dog poop to track the offending dog owners. Animal control officials would require a DNA sample of each dog at the time a dog is licensed. Then, samples of dog poop could be traced back to the relieved dog.

The audio report provides opinions of various persons being interviewed for the report, which are mixed. Emily Harris, who wrote the story, finishes the report with her own commentary, observing that horses are required to wear poop-catchers, but dogs are not.

2 Comments:

  • as a member of a florida home owners association, i recognize that the single most bothersome issue in the community is the failure of pet owners to pic up the poop. can any one suggest a plann that works. thank you , hank

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 6:27 PM, January 30, 2006  

  • I thought this was an original idea of mine - I thought it up all alone and was going to patent it!
    http://motorfamilymotorcity.blogspot.com/2008/04/dog-poop-dna.html

    By Blogger motorfamilymotorcityman, at 8:43 AM, April 19, 2008  

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