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new2628 | 5 years ago

Yet sidewalks in cities around most of the developed world drown in dog/cat poop and pee, something that would have seemed strange a generation ago, and still seems if you travel from a less pet-crazy place.

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pjc50|5 years ago

Really? The campaign in the UK to get owners to clean it up was within my lifetime. It used to be a lot worse. Similar story for Clean Air Acts.

Go back a further generation and you have horses being used for delivery.

Broken_Hippo|5 years ago

I highly doubt this is true. I've never lived in a place outside of the developed world, but I also have never lived or visited a place where the sidewalks drowned in dog/cat poop and pee. In fact, I've never actually watched a cat pee on the sidewalk in places where it cannot be covered up, simply because that's not how cats tend to act.

Where are you getting your information from? How much have you traveled? What is your definition of city? Do you have some proof?

throw_away|5 years ago

In Portland, OR, it rarely snows much, but the weeks when we do get a good storm, oh god, there's dog piss everywhere. & then you realize that people are probably walking their dog less now that it's all slippery & cold + that there's probably usually even more dog piss everywhere then what you can now see thanks to the snow.

cultofmetatron|5 years ago

spent a few months in Athens. Dog shit was everywhere. Greeks don't seem to be the type to pick up after their pets and it was incredibly gross.

I'm in kyiv now and despite seeing more dogs, I have yet to see any such droppings. I guess people are more fastidious about cleaning up after their animals in public places.

neutronicus|5 years ago

Well, "drown" is a strong word, but I see feces (of questionably animal origin) all the time in my US city, on the sidewalks and otherwise.

In my building we have to put trash bins out in the alley, and people always throw dog shit in those on trash day, too.

renewiltord|5 years ago

So many Belgian cities. Dear God, after the rain, trying to pick your path through. Ugh.

And SF. And London.

_Microft|5 years ago

Really? I have very rarely seen dog dirt here in Germany. We've got bag dispensers in parks here where dog owners can get bags if they haven't brought any for example.

stefanfisk|5 years ago

Naturally it’s not necessarily representative of the country as a whole, but isn’t Berlin famous for having dog poop on every street?

chadcmulligan|5 years ago

really? Big fines in Australian cities if you don't pick up your dog poo.

Aliens watching would assume Dogs are the masters - humans follow them around and pick up the poo.

drran|5 years ago

It looks like problem! I'm going to create «Rumba for dog poo» startup!

bryanrasmussen|5 years ago

maybe the humans are parasites on the dogs, although seeing the humans throw out the poop later would certainly complicate the graph of life the aliens were developing for our planet.