"We pay all this money, and we're walking around stepping in dog poop. We bring guests over and this is what they're greeted by. It's embarrassing for me as a dog owner and as someone who lives in this building," says Steve Frans, the board member who raised the idea of hiring a lab to identify which of the dozens of dogs in the luxury building is behind the droppings.
"Some people think it's funny. But you know, this seems to be a reasonable, objective way to say, 'This is your poop, you're responsible.' "
Under the proposal, every dog at Scarlett Place and guest dogs would be swabbed for a DNA sample — owners would then have to pay $50 each to cover the test and supplies. Dog owners would also pay an extra $10 per month per dog to cover the cost of having the building's staff scoop poop and send it to a lab. Faeces, like saliva, contains tell-tale DNA. If the lab identifies your dog as the pooper, that's a $500 fine.
"It's absolutely ridiculous," says Richard Hopp, an attorney who's lived in the building for four years with Sparky. "I feel like I'm living in a 'Seinfeld' episode."
The condo board will decide whether to go with the doggy DNA plan after a hearing on Wednesday evening. If they do, they will become one of the world's apparent leaders in using a science that has convicted murderers and confirmed paternity to pinpoint the source of wayward excrement.
4 comments:
The ritzy Scarlett Place condominium must be some paradise (or if you prefer that- stiff-boring place) if they have time and energy to think abou the use of dna for such trivialities...!
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Is it snooty to not want to live in an excrement-covered building?
Wouldn't some security-cams be cheaper and less discriminating?
My money says it's Sparky. Richard's too offended.
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