Dresden city council wants DNA matching for doggy-doo
{{date|March 31, 2005}}
[[Image:Berner Sennenhund Rüde.JPG|thumb|right|DNA from registered dogs would be collected from blood or saliva for the "genetic fingerprinting" service. (Wikimedia file)]]
Councillors at [[Dresden]] City Council in [[Germany]] would like to match doggy-doo left by pets on the sidewalk and in parks, against a {{w|DNA}} database storing profiles for all of the city's 12,000 registered dogs. Karl Jobig, a {{w|Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democrat}} politician in Dresden, was surprised when his proposal received a majority vote.

"In this way, Dresden will once again be one of the cleanest cities in Germany," Roland Putzger, the leader of the local council, told ''{{w|The Guardian}}''.

DNA from registered dogs would be collected from blood or saliva for the "genetic fingerprinting" service.

{{w|Saxony}}'s data protection commissioner, Andreas Schurig, ruled that dogs had no rights over their data and could not object to the compulsory tests.

The proposal will be binding if the council passes it by majority vote in May.

==Sources==

* {{source|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/germany/article/0,2763,1446584,00.html
|title=DNA test to sniff out Dresden's dirty dogs 
|pub=The Guardian  
|author=Krysia Diver 
|date=March 28, 2005 }}

* {{source|url=http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1530456,00.html 
|title=DNA Against Doggy Droppings 
|pub=Deutsche Welle 
|author=DW staff (dc) 
|date=March 25, 2005 }}

* {{source|url=http://www.rp-online.de/public/article/nachrichten/daneben/83008 
|title=Hunde zum DNA-Test? (German) 
|pub=RP Online 
|author=RP Online 
|date=arch 24, 2005 }}

==External links==

* Another article, with comments and discussion by readers, in German:
:{{source|url=http://www.freenet.de/freenet/nachrichten/boulevard/200503_hundehaufen/ 
|title=Der Kampf gegen den Hundehaufen 
|pub=freenet.de 
|author=freenet.de 
|date=March 30, 2005 }}

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[[de:Dresdner Stadtrat möchte DNA-Datenbank für Hunde]]
[[pt:Alemães discutem usar DNA na identificação de cães que sujam a cidade]]
DNA from registered dogs would be collected from blood or saliva for the "genetic fingerprinting" service. (Wikimedia file)
Councillors at Dresden City Council in Germany would like to match doggy-doo left by pets on the sidewalk and in parks, against a Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democrat politician in Dresden, was surprised when his proposal received a majority vote.

"In this way, Dresden will once again be one of the cleanest cities in Germany," Roland Putzger, the leader of the local council, told .

DNA from registered dogs would be collected from blood or saliva for the "genetic fingerprinting" service.

's data protection commissioner, Andreas Schurig, ruled that dogs had no rights over their data and could not object to the compulsory tests.

The proposal will be binding if the council passes it by majority vote in May.

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