BioPet Vet Lab Announces PooPrints(TM) - MarketWatchKNOXVILLE, Tenn., Oct 24, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- BioPet Vet Lab, a Knoxville, Tennessee DNA laboratory, announced today the introduction of PooPrints(TM), a program designed to encourage dog owners to pick up their dog's "droppings." The program is targeted initially to neighborhoods, but could be applied to any municipality that wants to clean up its public areas. The PooPrints(TM) program recommends that a home owner association (HOA) pass an amendment to its existing covenant that requires all dog owners in the community to have their dogs' DNA analyzed and filed with Bio-Pet's "DNA World Pet Registry. Once the DNA is on file, any dropping found in the public areas of the neighborhood can be sent to BioPet to be analyzed and matched up with the DNA already on file. Once the dog is identified, an email report is sent to the HOA, which then can identify the offending owner. The matching process takes three to four days after receipt to process. With positive proof through the DNA matchup, the association may elect to impose fines on the offenders, which will defray the cost of the program to the HOA."
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This super dooper pooper scooper idea looks like a new profit center for HOAs. Charge the whole thing to the owner and make a tidy profit. Thanks to Shu Bartholomew for getting the scoop.
3 comments:
How about a "common area" sandy latrine for canines? Seems like a easy, low tech solution.
The common area would be a good idea, except that developers would have even less room to squeeze their houses into.
I have to admit that the poop-dna project sounds like a GOOD thing to me! I'm sick of people who fail to clean up after their dogs. I guess, though, then we'd have problems with people stealing poop to get their neighbors in trouble . . . so maybe it wouldn't work in practice.
**sigh** So I guess I'll have to just hope that neighborhood dog owners eventually grow some responsibility.
This could create a black market in contraband dog poop. You could hire the neighbor kids to steal poop from your enemy's back yard and drop it in the common area by dark of night. Ruin your enemy's entire life.
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