{"id":27030,"date":"2024-01-20T06:14:44","date_gmt":"2024-01-20T11:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=27030"},"modified":"2024-01-20T06:21:45","modified_gmt":"2024-01-20T11:21:45","slug":"italian-province-orders-dna-tests-for-all-dogs-to-trace-and-fine-owners-in-poo-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2024\/01\/20\/italian-province-orders-dna-tests-for-all-dogs-to-trace-and-fine-owners-in-poo-crackdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian province orders DNA tests for all dogs to trace and fine owners in poo crackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dog owners in an Italian province are being forced to provide a sample of their pets’ DNA as officials try to tackle the scourge of dog mess on the streets.<\/p>\n

The provincial government of Bolzano city and surrounding towns in the picturesque Dolomites region is setting up a database for the almost 40,000 dogs in the area, veterinary department director Paolo Zambotto said.<\/p>\n

Around 10,000 have already been registered and, once up and running, the plan means abandoned poop can be genetically tested and traced back to a dog, whose owner could be fined anywhere between 50 and 500 euros (\u00a342-\u00a3430).<\/p>\n

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Bolzano is the capital city of the South Tyrol province in northern Italy in the picturesque Dolomites region<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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Any owners refusing to comply could be fined between 292 and 1,048 euros (\u00a3250-\u00a3900).<\/p>\n

Mr Zambotto said: “Bolzano receives a few hundred complaints a year from citizens about improper management of public land. More than half are for\u00a0dogs<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

“Law enforcement could only catch three or four of them because they have to go there and set up some kind of stakeout.”<\/p>\n

DNA registration will become compulsory from around late March.<\/p>\n

Owners will be expected to have blood tests for their dogs, in municipal dog shelters or vet clinics, at a cost ranging from 65 to more than 100 euros (\u00a356-\u00a386).<\/p>\n

The cost of implementing the tests will come out the income from fines, under the scheme.<\/p>\n

Bolzano, a mountainous province near Austria, has wide autonomy in making its rules.<\/p>\n

Mr Zambotto said other\u00a0Italian<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0cities had been in touch to potentially replicate the law, which doesn’t apply to tourists and non-residents.<\/p>\n

Source: \u00a0\"Sky<\/a> news.sky.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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