Non-motoring > DNA testing of dog poo Miscellaneous
Thread Author: bathtub tom Replies: 19
View Threaded 

New Thu 21 Jan 16 10:28 
 DNA testing of dog poo - bathtub tom
No it's not April, I checked.

Local radio is reporting this morning that a London borough is introducing this today.

Dog owners will be required to register their dog's DNA on a database at a cost of £35. This will be compulsory from April.

Any stray piles of poo could then have a sample taken for DNA testing to compare against the database. Each test will cost £80.

Who's running the asylum?
Reply to this message | Report message
       
New Thu 21 Jan 16 10:31 
 DNA testing of dog poo - Stuartli
The borough's population should poo poo the idea....
Reply to this message | Report message
       
New Thu 21 Jan 16 10:33 
 DNA testing of dog poo - Clk Sec
Likely to cause a bit of a stink.
Reply to this message | Report message
       
New Thu 21 Jan 16 10:40 
 DNA testing of dog poo - madf
Sounds like a good reason not to have your dog tested.

What will they do with the untested dogs when found? Crush them?
Reply to this message | Report message
      1  
New Thu 21 Jan 16 10:47 
 DNA testing of dog poo - Ian (Cape Town)
So... what's the fine for letting Fido take a dump and owner not cleaning it up?
And one can just imagine anyone in a boundary area nicking over to the next borough and letting Rover do his business there?
Now, I don't know a huge amount about doggies, but how does one check that Fido is in fact Fido? Fido had photo ID which he has to carry with him? Every Fido gets chipped, and the Fido squad has a scanner - No chip, Fido is bundled into a van?
Last edited by: Ian (Cape Town) on Thu 21 Jan 16 at 10:48
Reply to this message | Report message
       
New Thu 21 Jan 16 10:47 
 DNA testing of dog poo - Zero
Compulsory? they dont have any legal authority to make anyone register a dogs dna.
Reply to this message | Report message
       
New Thu 21 Jan 16 10:48 
 DNA testing of dog poo - Ian (Cape Town)
Paws for thought there, Zero...
Reply to this message | Report message
       
New Thu 21 Jan 16 10:50 
 DNA testing of dog poo - Zero
>> Paws for thought there, Zero...
>>

They are barking mad
Reply to this message | Report message
       
New Thu 21 Jan 16 10:55 
 DNA testing of dog poo - Ian (Cape Town)
Is it the London suburb of Barking?

(well, it certainly ain't Catford...)
Reply to this message | Report message
       
New Thu 21 Jan 16 10:50 
 DNA testing of dog poo - Zero


The Italian island of Capri also has a DNA database of its 1,000 resident dogs while nearby Naples, which has more than 80,000 registered dogs, is also attempting to build up a DNA database.



What about the 800,000 stray feral dogs in naples?
Reply to this message | Report message
      1  
New Thu 21 Jan 16 11:32 
 DNA testing of dog poo - CGNorwich
>> Compulsory? they dont have any legal authority to make anyone register a dogs dna.
>>

Not yet, but they intend to implement a by-law making it compulsory for anyone exercising an animal in a public park to have their pet chipped and its DNA registered. Council tenants will be required to do son by their tenancy agreements.

Presumably it will be easy for a dog warden to scan dog to see if it has a chip. If it doesn't it will result in a fine.

Reply to this message | Report message
       
New Thu 21 Jan 16 11:35 
 DNA testing of dog poo - Ian (Cape Town)
One can hope they are as vigilant tracking down the scum who use lifts/doorways/phone boxes/park hadges etc as public conveniences?
Reply to this message | Report message
       
New Thu 21 Jan 16 11:42 
 DNA testing of dog poo - Cliff Pope
Amusing to think there must be highly trained DNA analysts who started off as enthusiastic trainees with dreams of working on high-profile crimes or historic investigations, but who end their careers as dog poo testers for the local council.
Reply to this message | Report message
      1  
New Thu 21 Jan 16 11:51 
 DNA testing of dog poo - Ian (Cape Town)
It is a dog's life.
Reply to this message | Report message
       
New Thu 21 Jan 16 12:34 
 DNA testing of dog poo - smokie
They can test my cat's poo, if they can find it. Probably in a neighbours garden somewhere... :-) He is chipped already but no idea whether that included a swab from his mouth...or elsewhere
Reply to this message | Report message
       
New Thu 21 Jan 16 13:23 
 DNA testing of dog poo - Dog
>>It is a dog's life.

You're not wrong.
Reply to this message | Report message
       
New Thu 21 Jan 16 12:56 
 DNA testing of dog poo - Zero
>> >> Compulsory? they dont have any legal authority to make anyone register a dogs dna.
>>
>> >>
>>
>> Not yet, but they intend to implement a by-law making it compulsory for anyone exercising
>> an animal in a public park to have their pet chipped and its DNA registered.
>> Council tenants will be required to do son by their tenancy agreements.

And everywhere else? nope.
Reply to this message | Report message
       
New Thu 21 Jan 16 13:11 
 DNA testing of dog poo - CGNorwich
No, that 's right. I suppose they believe that should enable them to build up a substantial database of dog owning residents.
Reply to this message | Report message
       
New Thu 21 Jan 16 15:24 
 DNA testing of dog poo - R.P.
This looks like an old news story

It was reported around here back in July....(see subtle use of the word motion in the report)....

There have been some allegations of impropriety since - Councillor connected to the contractor.

Fascists.
www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/flintshire-dog-poo-dna-database-9716529
Last edited by: R.P. on Thu 21 Jan 16 at 15:24
Reply to this message | Report message
       
New Thu 21 Jan 16 15:28 
 DNA testing of dog poo - R.P.
Reading a linked report seems Barking have been running this since September. I had a colleague that was nicknamed East Ham....he was one stop short of Barking...
Reply to this message | Report message
       
Latest Forum Posts