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Search for pooping dog goes high-tech
BALTIMORE, (UPI) -- Some residents of Baltimore's Scarlett Place are balking at a plan to test every dog's DNA to find the animal responsible for leaving poop at the upscale condo.
"It's absolutely ridiculous," said attorney Richard Hopp, who has lived in the condominium since 2006 with his dog Sparky. Hopp likened a plan to charge dog owners and guests with dogs $50 each to cover the DNA test and supplies to an episode of "Seinfeld."
Dog owners would also be charged $10 per month to pay for collection of the poop by the building's staff. The resident not cleaning up behind an offending dog would be fined $500.
The Scarlett Place condo board will vote on whether to mandate the doggy DNA testing at a hearing Wednesday, the Baltimore Sun reported.
"Some people think it's funny. But you know, this seems to be a reasonable objective to say, 'This is your poop, you're responsible,'" Steve Frans, a condo board member, told the Sun.
BALTIMORE, (UPI) -- Some residents of Baltimore's Scarlett Place are balking at a plan to test every dog's DNA to find the animal responsible for leaving poop at the upscale condo.
"It's absolutely ridiculous," said attorney Richard Hopp, who has lived in the condominium since 2006 with his dog Sparky. Hopp likened a plan to charge dog owners and guests with dogs $50 each to cover the DNA test and supplies to an episode of "Seinfeld."
Dog owners would also be charged $10 per month to pay for collection of the poop by the building's staff. The resident not cleaning up behind an offending dog would be fined $500.
The Scarlett Place condo board will vote on whether to mandate the doggy DNA testing at a hearing Wednesday, the Baltimore Sun reported.
"Some people think it's funny. But you know, this seems to be a reasonable objective to say, 'This is your poop, you're responsible,'" Steve Frans, a condo board member, told the Sun.
