Dog DNA move proposed in bid to keep streets clean

A POLITICIAN in Vienna wants to use DNA technology to pursue owners of dogs that leave their droppings on streets and footpaths.

Manfred Juraczka wants the city to register all dogs’ DNA so that droppings left where people walk can be tested and the owner of the guilty dog punished.

“This method offers a multitude of unbeatable advantages,” Mr Juraczka said in a statement, adding that all who fail to pick up after their dogs “must count on being caught”.