DNA deposit required at these apartments
Oh, brother (Big Brother, that is) here we go again — because who needs common sense when we have technology?
An apartment complex in New Hampshire is the latest entity to turn to DNA testing of dog poop in an attempt to catch scofflaws who aren’t picking up after their pets.
The manager of the Timberwood Commons in Lebanon has turned to a company called PooPrints, run by a lab called BioPet in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Residents have been told that they must submit a sample of their dog’s DNA for the apartment database. After that, any offending anonymous droppings can be sent off to the Knoxville lab to be matched to their source through further testing.
When an offender is pinpointed through his or her poop, his or her owner will be required to pay for the lab test, and face further, still to be determined, action.
This, mind you, in the “Live Free or Die” state.
Such testing programs have been going on for a couple of years now in other parts of the world, like Petah Tikva in Israel.
Last year, a luxury condominium complex in Baltimore was on the verge of establishing a similar poop testing program, but changed its mind.
Posted by jwoestendiek June 28th, 2011 under Muttsblog.
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Comments
Comment from Kelly
Time June 29, 2011 at 4:41 am
I don’t blame the dogs for the dog shit left on my sidewalk daily. I will give an ear-full to the owner, if I can catch ‘em.
Comment from deb logan
Time June 29, 2011 at 10:01 pm
I manage Twin Ponds in Nashua. I’ve been using pet DNA for quite some time to catch violators with TREMENDOUS results.
The system is incredibly easy to use and the implentation for both getting the DNA and catching the violators is just as easy. My property has over 250 dogs and counting and our property is clean!!!! The program is extremely affordable for the dog owners. I can even show property owners how to use this system at no cost to them while keeping the fee affordable for the renters. Email me at dogdnatoday@gmail.com and I will glady provide your community with more information.
Comment from jwoestendiek
Time June 30, 2011 at 1:14 pm
Boy, that sure sounds like an advertisement disguised as a comment, and your email address sure sounds like a business one, too. I could conduct some tests to get to the bottom of it, so to speak, but that would be a little anal of me.
john/ohmidog!
Comment from smoketoomuch
Time June 28, 2011 at 8:16 am
The simple solution? Be considerate of others and the environment, and clean up after your dog. It really isn’t difficult, and it’s the right thing to do. Call it “personal responsibility” – which used to be the norm in this country.
Dogs bring us so much joy to or lives, they are more than worth the small inconveniences. Not cleaning up after your pet only encourages the “haters” and makes things tougher for other pet owners.