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Post by BeenThere...DoneThat... on Jul 3, 2011 1:28:40 GMT -5
It's poop-ulation control. A just-opened Long Island rental building has ordered up DNA-sampling kits for dogs as a way to catch scofflaw owners who don't clean up after their pets. It would be the first genetics-based poop patrol in New York. The pilot program at the Avalon Bay Community complex in Rockville Centre has already ordered four "PooPrint" kits that would require a saliva swab taken from each dog's mouth. The samples would then be sent to a Tennessee-based lab for analysis and entered into the DNA World Pet Registry. If a groundskeeper then finds an offending mound in a common area, he would pluck a marble-sized sample from it and store it in a plastic tube. The sample is mailed to the DNA detectives at the Bio Pet Vet lab in Knoxville, who then match it to the doggie who dunnit. Read more: www.nypost.com/p/news/pooper_snoopers_ipmsZpchas1rDZzwHT87hP#ixzz1R1MQRGTA...Intrusive mgmt.? ...or Pooetic Justice?  ETA: my apologies... I thought they were talking about public community governance rather that this being a private community... so I wasn't going for a tin-foil hat discussion, but rather a plastic bag discussion... ;D |
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Post by billisonboard on Jul 3, 2011 8:33:21 GMT -5
...Intrusive govt.? ...  it isn't govt. doing this |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2011 8:36:23 GMT -5
I would think it would be too costly to be worth the effort...
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Post by Savoir Faire-Demogague in NJ on Jul 3, 2011 8:54:01 GMT -5
I don't know...but this stinks to high heavens....
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Post by chiver78 on Jul 3, 2011 9:12:16 GMT -5
...Intrusive govt.? ... it isn't govt. doing thisssh.....don't bust the conspiracy theory.  |
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Post by BeenThere...DoneThat... on Jul 3, 2011 11:40:37 GMT -5
ETA: my apologies... I thought they were talking about public community governance rather that this being a private community... so I wasn't going for a tin-foil hat discussion, but rather a plastic bag discussion... ;D
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Post by BeenThere...DoneThat... on Jul 3, 2011 11:41:15 GMT -5
...so the question remains... is this intrusive? |
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Post by lazysundays on Jul 3, 2011 12:03:31 GMT -5
sounds like crazy co-op rules. if you wanna live there you gotta follow the rules. I wouldn't mind. I clean up after the dog. And I want it clean for the baby.
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Post by BeenThere...DoneThat... on Jul 3, 2011 12:05:28 GMT -5
sounds like crazy co-op rules. if you wanna live there you gotta follow the rules. I wouldn't mind. I clean up after the dog. And I want it clean for the baby. ...cleanliness IS next to Godliness, or so goes the saying, yes?  ...still makes me wonder about the profit margin in processing poop... |
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Post by billisonboard on Jul 3, 2011 12:24:57 GMT -5
A person has a choice to have a dog. A person has a choice to live in the complex. A person has a choice to subject themself to the rule. Now, for the dog it is a different matter.  |
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Post by AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP on Jul 3, 2011 12:35:05 GMT -5
I would think it would be too costly to be worth the effort... And there it is. And then there's the question of how on Earth they plan on obtaining a saliva sample from an uncooperative owner? Of course, in my opinion, they're likely not going to do this as a matter of course but the few they've done are enough to instill the thought that they might which will keep offending owners in line. |
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