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New York's Poop Scoop Law: Dogs, the Dirt, and Due Process

New York's Poop Scoop Law: Dogs, the Dirt, and Due Process

Brandow, Michael

Hardcover

Series: New Directions in the Human-Animal Bond

General LawPets: DogsRegional: Middle Atlantic

Publisher Price: $29.95

ISBN10: 1557534926
ISBN13: 9781557534927
Publisher: Purdue Univ Pr
Published: Aug 1 2008
Pages: 349
Weight: 1.50
Height: 1.10 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
It's hard to imagine eight million people trying to avoid dog refuse on the streets of New York City on a daily basis. Likewise, it's harder not to imagine New Yorkers from all walks of life picking up after their canines. Using plastic bags or trendy, mechanized devices, pet owners have become a unified force in cleaning up the sidewalks of the Big Apple. Not long ago, picking up after your Poodle, Puli, or Pekinese was not a basic civic duty. Initially, many politicians thought the idea was absurd. Animal rights activists were unanimously opposed. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals condemned the proposed legislation because it would impose undue hardship on dog owners. New York's Poop Scoop Law chronicles the integration of dog owners, a much-maligned subculture, into mainstream society by tracing the history of the legislation that the York's City Council shelved twice before, then Mayor Ed Koch was forced to go to the state level for support. Brandow shows how a combination of science and politics, fact and fear, altruism and self-interest led to the adoption and enforcement of legislation that became a shining success.

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