City uses DNA to fight dog droppings

Under six-month trial program, Petah Tikva building DNA database to match faeces to registered dogs, identify their owners

Reuters
Published: 09.23.08, 08:39 / Israel Activism

An Israeli city is using DNA analysis of dog droppings to reward and punish pet owners.



Under a six-month trial program launched last 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.



Owners who scoop up their dogs' droppings and place them in specially marked bins on Petah Tikva's streets will be eligible for rewards of pet food coupons and dog toys.



But droppings found underfoot in the street and matched through the DNA database to a registered pet could earn its owner a municipal fine.



"My goal is to get the residents involved, and tell them that together, we can make our environment clean," said Tika Bar-On, the city's chief veterinarian who came up with the idea for the DNA experiment.



Bar-On said the DNA database could also help veterinarians research genetic diseases in dogs, investigate canine pedigree and identify stray animals, replacing the need for electronic chip identification.



"The sky is the limit on how far we can take this," she said.



So far, Bar-On said, residents have "reacted positively to the program and are cooperating because they want their neighborhood to be clean".



She said Petah Tikva would consider making it mandatory for pet owners to provide DNA samples from their dogs if the trial program is successful.


Is anybody here surprised israel

has this kind of money to piss away on(literal)'Shit' like this?
Israel is still the top recipient of US foreign aid!

The Bush administrations submited budget for US foreign aid in 2008 was over a 12 percent increase in aid from 2007. Israel got USD 2.4 billion...thats not even close to what was given in military aid.

So While we all struggle from day to day they get this...
U.S. Financial Aid To Israel: Figures, Facts, and Impact

Summary

Benefits to Israel of U.S. Aid
Since 1949 (As of November 1, 1997)

Foreign Aid Grants and Loans
$74,157,600,000

Other U.S. Aid (12.2% of Foreign Aid)
$9,047,227,200

Interest to Israel from Advanced Payments
$1,650,000,000

Grand Total
$84,854,827,200

Total Benefits per Israeli
$14,630



Cost to U.S. Taxpayers of U.S.
Aid to Israel

Grand Total
$84,854,827,200

Interest Costs Borne by U.S.
$49,936,680,000

Total Cost to U.S. Taxpayers
$134,791,507,200

Total Taxpayer Cost per Israeli
$23,240

We'll all continue to struggle as long as the Jew gets what the Jew wants.

XIV / LXXXVIII