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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: 5, Insightful) by Immerman on Friday July 16 2021, @01:36PM (5 children)
Rape kits don't pile up because of the lack of DNA testing capability, but because of a lack of interest in punishing rape.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 16 2021, @01:56PM
It's the famous broken window theory that cleverly took the credit for multi-decade decline in crime, before, during and after its introduction.
Otherwise known as window-dressing, or a bureaucratic fascist police state.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 16 2021, @07:22PM (1 child)
Oh jesus fucks sake, rape kits are not piling up.
In nearly all jurisdictions in western countries, when a woman calls the police and says she was raped it's now mandatory to use a rape kit on her. This is part of gathering evidence. If she doesn't feel safe going to police, she can go straight to the hospital where she should feel safe because 90% of the nurses and the majority of doctors are women. There are always women on staff qualified to perform that examination.
If there is a lack of interest in punishing rape it's because of the countless 'victims' who made dubious claims on social media of 'i was raped'. Strange how victims a terrible assault view precious internet victim-hood points and the precious 'oh you poor girl' comments as being more valuable than actual justice for the crime.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 16 2021, @10:39PM
The rape kits are used, the results are collected, and the cases are shelved. Rape is often too hard to prove when there are conflicting stories so it's not taken seriously enough by many police departments.
(Score: 2) by krishnoid on Friday July 16 2021, @11:55PM
Lack of interest in investigating, prosecuting, punishing ... gets more depressing and telling the further you go up the chain. Maybe they just need to hire the right kind of cop [youtu.be] motivated to solve cold cases, point him at the rape kit backlog, and say "have at it".
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 19 2021, @05:38PM
What a load of cat shit.