A local parish council in Kent wants to use high tech DNA testing on dog-doo in order to catch owners who don’t scoop their dog’s poop. You’ve been warned…
We’re used to seeing Horatio Caine using CSI techniques to catch the bad guys in CSI:Miami, but the special techniques he uses to match the smallest bit of DNA with a massive database of people may be brought into the canine world. That’s if councillors sitting on Sundridge with Ide Hill Parish Council have their way.
After hearing one too many complaints from locals about dog poo lying around the streets, the council says it is now considering collecting DNA from waste and using it to prosecute anti-social owners.
Now, the idea might seem barking mad, but similar techniques are actually used in Germany and the US.
However, locals seem sceptical about the whole scheme with one local saying, “It just seems bizarre to me. Crazy. It’s Big Brother gone mad, really.” At least the CSI dog-doo unit will know who to look for first.
