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Tel Aviv will test dog poop DNA to fine owners who don’t clean up:
Tel Aviv has found an innovative way of dealing with dog owners who don’t clean up after their pets in the city streets — testing the excrement’s DNA and sending a fine to the owner by mail.
The city council on Monday approved a motion setting up a DNA database and stating that dog owners will be required to submit their pets’ genetic details to authorities upon receiving or renewing a license, Hebrew-language media reported.
The validity of current dog licenses will expire six months after the new ruling takes effect, and new licenses won’t be approved unless owners give over the DNA details, the reports said.
The regulations won’t apply to guide dogs or to dogs kept by animal protection organizations.
[...] There were 6,766 calls and inquiries made to the city hall hotline over dog poop left in public spaces in 2020, according to the Ynet news site.
(Score: 2) by Immerman on Friday July 16 2021, @01:33PM
Of course it does - it's just passed through many meters of digestive track, which like every other part of the body is constantly shedding dead cells.
It's mostly the job of the stomach to break down food into something that can be absorbed by the intestines, cells shed by the intestines will never be dissolved in that acid bath so, like acid-resistant corn kernels, should pass through unimpeded. If fact, if a stomach is doing its job optimally, there shouldn't be much DNA from the food source left in the deposit (I have no idea how thorough a typical stomach actually is about that)