Rampant ‘poo-petrators’ pushing more apartment complexes to DNA-test dog poop
WILMINGTON — At apartment complexes around the Port City, it is a constant battle to get dog-owning residents to clean up after their four-legged roommates. One solution, though expensive and labor-intensive, is becoming increasing popular: using DNA tests to match dogs with the little presents they leave behind around the apartment property. Wilmington apartment complexes , offers free litter bags . Increasingly, it has not been enough to get residents to pick up after their dogs. (Port City Daily photo / BENJAMIN SCHACHTMAN )'" width="475" height="356" />Hawthrone at Murrayville, like many Wilmington apartment complexes , offers free litter bags . Increasingly, it has not been enough to get residents to pick up after their dogs. (Port City Daily photo / BENJAMIN SCHACHTMAN )’ “It’s very difficult to track someone down and prove it was them,” Community Manager Keri Goff said. “Unless you catch someone in the act, you don’t have that hard evidence.” Go...