DNA test proposed to deal with dog poop in Germany

BEIJING, March 3

(Chinese medianet) -- Just saying "It wasn't my dog" will not wash any more if aDNA

testing of dealing with the menace of dog poop on the streets is

taken.

A German lawmaker has proposedthe novel and

high-tech way to identify the canine culprit and fine its owner.

Peter Stein, a conservative politician in eastern

Germany,said officials would test the excrement and then match it up to

the offending dog using a DNA database of all pooches.

German dog owners are fined 30-40 euros (40-50 U.S.

dollars) if they fail to clean up after their pets, but very few are caught,

with only four fines given out in Stein's hometown of Rostock -- human

population 200,000 -- last year.

(Agencies)