At the luxury building Hudson Harbor in Edgewater, where studio apartment rentals start at $2,700 a month, management is turning to dog DNA testing to track down offenders, CBS News reports.
The waterfront community has partnered with a company called PooPrints, whose motto is “the DNA solution for dog waste.” And yes, it works exactly how it sounds.
According to CBS News, every dog living at Hudson Harbor will be registered using a cheek swab, with each pet’s DNA kept on file. PooPrints says it provides the DNA kits and materials needed to notify pet owners and get the program started.
Once dogs are registered, enforcement begins.
If waste is left behind on the property, a sample will be collected using a PooPrints waste kit and sent to the company, which forwards it to a laboratory for testing, according to CBS News. The goal is to identify which dog, and owner, left it behind.
PooPrints says matches are reported back to property managers by email, allowing communities to hold owners accountable. The company also claims its program reduces unscooped waste by 96 percent, helping keep properties clean, safe, and pet-friendly.
And yes, someone has to handle the mailing. At Hudson Harbor, that someone is property manager Christina Ortiz, who CBS News, “Part of my job is literally going to be to mail poop.”
Click here to watch the PooPrints segment from CBS News.
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