Sunday, September 21, 2008

Your Dog's Poop Under Investigation

Once or twice a month I feel the need to start a blog post with the word "Wow." I have barely restrained myself in this post, but you get the point.

Anyway.

Reuters reports today:
Under a six-month trial programme launched this week, the city of Petah Tikva, a suburb of Tel Aviv, is asking dog owners to take their animal to a municipal veterinarian, who then swabs its mouth and collects DNA.

The city will use the DNA database it is building to match faeces to a registered dog and identify its owner.
Big brother alive and well in Israel.

1 comment:

Lael said...

I actually heard about this idea for nyc like a year ago, but that it was deemed too difficult or some such thing...i kind of like it...