It’s a doggy-doo whodunnit.
A region in northern Italy has carried out detailed DNA testing to find four-legged animals whose owners didn’t clean up after their furry friends defecated all over beautiful Bolzano.
Now, dog parents are required to submit their pups for a DNA swab test as a detection mechanism to easily identify the cause behind their droppings.
“Bolzano receives several hundred complaints a year from citizens about improper management of public land. More than half are for dogs,” director of the veterinary department Paolo Zambotto told Reuters.
“Law enforcement was only able to catch three or four of them because they had to go out there and conduct some kind of espionage.”
A region in Italy will take drastic measures through DNA testing to stop dog poo from appearing in public. Phoebe – stock.adobe.com
Fines – exempted for tourists and non-locals – range from €292 to €1,048 ($318 to $1,143).
However, Bolzano officials have their tails between their legs because only a fraction of the area’s 45,000 dogs – about 5,000, just 11% – have complied so far, the Guardian reported.
“It’s easier said than done,” local Green Party ally Madeleine Rohrer told Italian newspaper Il Giornale.
“It will just be an additional expense for the municipality and for the police, who have a lot of other things to do.”
But the nabe near Austria isn’t the only area that has the bone to pick up dog poop.
Around the world, DNA testing of pets to prevent public defecation is being implemented. San4ezz007 – stock.adobe.com
Stateside, an apartment complex in Denver is also starting dog DNA testing for the same reason, as is a city in France.
One complex in Washington state also mandates testing — another in Maryland does as well — for all residents’ pets.
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Source: thtrangdai.edu.vn/en/
