Every dog ​​comes his day to betray his owner Israel today

Tel Aviv Municipality examines technology that will identify dogs' DNA, following loosening of collection during the Corona period • Senior municipal official: "Some dog owners have lost their shame"

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  Moshe Shai

Following an increase in dog feces not collected by their owners in Tel Aviv, the municipality is currently considering the purchase of a unique technology worth millions of shekels, which will be able to identify the dog's DNA by sampling its feces and associate it with its owner. 

A senior Tel Aviv official involved in the details of the emerging plan told Israel Today that "because fewer people have been out because of the corona, some dog owners have lost their shame, and they just collect less after them. This is only 2% of dog owners, but they harm quality The lives of all of us. " 

Since the outbreak of the corona plague, with an emphasis on the closure period, there has been a significant increase in the non-collection of dog feces by their owners in the city, and the Tel Aviv municipality has not remained indifferent to the phenomenon.

"Israel Today" learned that last week an internal discussion was held in the municipality on the subject, and the director general of the municipality instructed to examine the purchase or development of a DNA collection system for all dogs in the city, which is estimated at 40,000 dogs. 

Hundreds of cities in the United States and Western Europe have set up similar databases today, but the legislation allows a local authority to establish such a database - a legal matter that is currently being investigated by the Tel Aviv Municipality. This is a process that is expected to take several months, raising the constitutional question. It should be noted that the fine for not collecting

feces is

NIS 730. The 

increase in feces throughout the city of Tel Aviv intensified in the corona year in two peaks: one in the first closure, where, among other things, dog owners could go for a walk. 

In the second closure, there was another increase.

So one of the explanations was that the children are at home and they are actually leading the dogs and may be collecting less of their needs.