We had a meeting of the Friends of the Harringay Passage yesterday and we touched on the issue of dog poo (it came top as the top issue in the Ladder wide survey the FoHP recently carried out).
I saw a post a few weeks ago here on HoL about the fact that by April next year, micro-chipping of dogs will be mandatory.
It made me think that it would be good to also include DNA profiling of all dogs now that this technology is so easily accessible, and for this to be stored centrally and on a the micro-chip. Basically, we have an issue with dog poo, dog poo can be DNA tested to the animal producing it (and the feckless owner leaving it), indeed councils are trialing this now. If we could make fines representative of the actual cost of enforcement rather than a cost to the council then there would also be an incentive to councils to do more to rid our streets of this mess that we and our children have to wade through on a daily basis.
Thoughts?
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Compulsory or not, I'm sure there are plenty of people that won't be rushing out to get their animals chipped. That alone will take time to enforce.
Ant Elder has said something similar, he has tried a couple of 'eyes' stickers in parts of the Passage at the north of the Ladder. I will ask him if he things they have worked...
Its a great idea, and while it may be 'disproportionate' it wrks, but only if:
Not that I am obsessing about this too much but I heard something on PM (R4) last night. This link should work. Go about 20 mins in. They have commentary from the folks implementing the trial. Apparently the company helping with the trial have reduced dog mess in the (albeit) gated communities/ private housing schemes they have worked in by 95%. It costs Barking £2.3m/year to deal with dog poo apparently. Dogs will be banned from parks in barking if not chipped, part of the incentive to getting dogs chipped.
And simply announcing the scheme will have acted as a nudge to the group of owners who are casual about picking up, that overlooking it might just cost them this time. The owners/walkers who don't give a fig are tougher, given the realistic level of day-to-day enforcement particularly in open spaces.
On how close to complete chipping coverage it will get, a useful historical marker is for takeup of the former dog licence. According to a House of Commons DEFRA committee document, it was only around 50% when it was abolished (except in Northern Ireland where it is reckoned to be 33%) in 1987. On chipping, I'd guess owners responsible enough to take their dog to a vet will comply, but once again there will be a tailing-off among those who don't.
I thought so too, but listen to the radio report. maybe he does not carve out other things and just gives a lump sum cost for a variety of things including dog poo.
Well done, that is great.
I will drop this guy a line and ask him to keep us updated as to how the trial is going. Once complete it might be worth trying to lobby a little with the council to see what their feelings are and whether they are interested in trying to do something.
I know we will not change things rapidly, but you never know, in a year or two's time we may see things begin to change...
Good stuff - is the visual any good and if so, can you please post it?
This is my No1 pet peeve (rubbish pun not intended).
It's disgusting - walking in snow or in the dark is positively hazardous. Say if your child fell i....doesn't even bear thinking about.
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