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Title: Spanish town mails dog poo back to owners
Post by: admin on June 09, 2013, 11:41:45 AM
A Madrid town hall recently came up with a ground breaking campaign to sort out the problem of dog poo on its streets: officials boxed up the offending faeces and sent them back to the pet owners' homes.

Article here:
http://www.thelocal.es/20130604/spanish-town-mails-dog-poo-back-to-owners (http://www.thelocal.es/20130604/spanish-town-mails-dog-poo-back-to-owners)

Brunete's City Hall's Answer to dog poop (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uph204r5BZI#ws)
Title: Re: Spanish town mails dog poo back to owners
Post by: emmi on June 09, 2013, 12:03:10 PM
BRILLIANT!!!  Only the Spanish could dream that one up and I LOVE it! ;D
Title: Re: Spanish town mails dog poo back to owners
Post by: woe10 on June 09, 2013, 16:59:04 PM
Wouldn't get away with that one in the UK .
Title: Re: Spanish town mails dog poo back to owners
Post by: fatherted on June 09, 2013, 17:06:05 PM
They should make the dogs owners eat it :P
Title: Re: Spanish town mails dog poo back to owners
Post by: Brightspark on June 09, 2013, 18:37:29 PM
Quote from: admin on June 09, 2013, 11:41:45 AM
A Madrid town hall recently came up with a ground breaking campaign to sort out the problem of dog poo on its streets: officials boxed up the offending faeces and sent them back to the pet owners' homes.

Article here:
http://www.thelocal.es/20130604/spanish-town-mails-dog-poo-back-to-owners (http://www.thelocal.es/20130604/spanish-town-mails-dog-poo-back-to-owners)

Brunete's City Hall's Answer to dog poop (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uph204r5BZI#ws)

Council comes to my door with package
Council searched database for ginger terrier dog called Rocky
Council doesn't know 3 ginger terriers called Rocky live in my town
Council gets wrong "Rocky"
I sue the council for taking delivery of unhygienic package

Yeah that could work
Title: Re: Spanish town mails dog poo back to owners
Post by: Books Cards & Things Corralejo on June 10, 2013, 10:40:01 AM
On one of the Greek islands with similar problems to here, you have to register your dog which includes a blood sample, then they can take a sample of dog poo left in the street, compare it to the database and fine the owner accordingly - now that makes more sense, and the dog owners pay for the system in the first place, through the registration system.
Title: Re: Spanish town mails dog poo back to owners
Post by: Paddster on June 10, 2013, 11:34:52 AM
Brilliant idea John - they should use that system the world over.....
Title: Re: Spanish town mails dog poo back to owners
Post by: waggy on June 10, 2013, 13:44:18 PM
Many moons ago, in the mists of time, a friend of mine near a little place called Winterton used to keep a fire shovel near his front gate and if any dog owner allowed their pooch to foul within 10' of his frontage he used to scoop it up, follow them home and chuck it on their front lawns.  Cleared up the problem rather quickly.
Title: Re: Spanish town mails dog poo back to owners
Post by: woe10 on June 10, 2013, 16:55:37 PM
Quote from: johnholliday on June 10, 2013, 10:40:01 AM
On one of the Greek islands with similar problems to here, you have to register your dog which includes a blood sample, then they can take a sample of dog poo left in the street, compare it to the database and fine the owner accordingly - now that makes more sense, and the dog owners pay for the system in the first place, through the registration system.

Do you think for one minute they could be arsed to do something like that over here.  ;D
Title: Re: Spanish town mails dog poo back to owners
Post by: seeitasitis on June 10, 2013, 18:34:16 PM
This post stinks. :D
Title: Re: Spanish town mails dog poo back to owners
Post by: 123456 on June 10, 2013, 20:35:57 PM
I wouldn't make them eat it, just rub their nose in it ! He He.