Be a Scooper Hero! Doo The Right Thing.

Pet waste and water quality. Help protect your water supply by picking up after your pet. http://www.cityofallen.org/SiteContent/56/documents/Pet%20Waste%20Brochure.pdf

►Pick up pet waste from your yard. It is not fertilizer.
►Carry disposable bags while walking your dog to pick up and dispose of waste in the trash.
►Flush your pet's waste down the toilet to be treated.
►Pledge to DOO the Right Thing!

Did You Know...
There are an estimated 74.8 million owned dogs in the United States. That's 20.4 billion pounds of poop per year! When it rains, the potential exists for thousands of pounds of waste to wash down the storm drains and into our creeks and lakes untreated! That means that harmful bacteria associated with pet waste is going to our water.

Bacteria, parasites, and viruses contained in pet waste are a health hazard. Consider some of these:
Fecal Coliform—Found in the feces of warm blooded animals, this indicator bacteria is a potential health risk for individuals exposed to it in the water. A single gram of pet waste contains an average of 23 million fecal coliform bacteria.
Toxoplasmosis—A parasite carried by cats that can be a problem for people with depressed immune systems.
Salmonellosis : The most common bacterial infection transmitted to humans and other animals.
Toxocariasis—Roundworms, usually trans-mitted from dogs to humans.
Be a responsible pet owner and pick up after your pet. It's a small price to pay to protect our water quality.
Other Problems...
Pet waste not only risks the health of other animals and people, it can cause serious water quality problems. Pet Waste is high in nutrients, which feed the algae that can choke out our creeks and lakes. The water becomes cloudy and green unattractive for swimming, boating, and fishing. Excessive nutrients are a major cause of water quality decline. When pet waste is washed into lakes and streams the waste decays, using up oxygen and sometimes releasing ammonia. Low oxygen levels and ammonia combined with warm temperatures can kill fish and other aquatic life. Storm water is water from rain. flows from rooftops, through lawns, over paved streets and parking lots, across bare soil, and into storm drains to our creeks and lakes. As it flows, runoff collects and transports pet waste, soil, pesticides, fertilizers, oil, litter, and other pollutants, which are major contributors to non-point source pollution.

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[lastormwaterprogram]

Thanks for sharing this fun and educational video on doing the right thing and picking up after your pet! Stormwater pollution caused by unattended pet waste not only affects our water but it's is harmful to: our pet's health, aquatic life and beach goers. Thanks for teaching others how to be a Scooper Hero!

[Trillidotia]

@PatrikMacGoohan It's not all that difficult; check the plastic bag first for holes, and carry a small hand trowel with you. Pick up the poop with the trowel, put it in the bag, and carry it with you. No, don't put it in your pocket. If you tie it closed, you don't smell it. It's not a big deal - I do it every day for my dogs.

[TheToddy30]

@PatrikMacGoohan ...People are fined for leaving dog shit where kids could find it. I thought you guys in the US where pretty enlightened about this sort of thing...

[TheToddy30]

@PatrikMacGoohan I don't think he's picking on anybody. Responsible dog owners pick up dog shit instead of leaving it in gutters or grass where children play. Dog shit contains parasites which can cause blindness in young children not to mention many other illnesses. Maybe you should think about that when you leave your dog's shit about in the gutter instead of spamming videos with 4 or 5 comments saying the same thing over & over. I'm a dog owner & I pick my dogs shit up. Over here in the Uk...

[PatrikMacGoohan]

In the civilized parts of the world swimming spots are checked for bacteria. Bacteria are everywhere. Certain levels are acceptable. Maybe people in your town have no immune system. They should get one. What about crows? They're all over the place eating road kill and cow turds. Think there's bacteria in their poop. Who picks that up? Maybe you could make a video about the threat of wild crow poop to our water supplies instead of picking on people who walk their dogs.

[PatrikMacGoohan]

Flushing a plastic bag of dog poo is a good way to clog up your pipes and incur a big plumbing bill so most people just throw it in the trash and then it ends up getting in the water anyway. What about road kill? That has germs. Towns pick up road kill regularly and dispose of it properly. They could do the same with pet waste on the side of the road. Better than it ending up in the dump. Hmm, maybe the roadkill ends up in the landfill. Maybe make a video about that instead of picking dog lovers

[PatrikMacGoohan]

I think the shellfish industry has been ruined in the Chesapeake Bay by this farm runoff problem. Fishing has been damaged too and it's people that eat the cows and their problems so why pick on dogs and pet owners who do the right thing and take their pets for walks. So many people just leave their dogs tied to a tree for their whole lives and the dogs get aggressive and depressed.

Also, that bag of dog poo is probably going to end up in a landfill not a sewer system.

[PatrikMacGoohan]

Nothin like walkin around with a warm bag of shit in your pocket. Also, there's a good chance you're going to get some dabs of fresh shit on your hands using that bag. Shopping bags sometimes have small holes and shit sometimes comes in pieces and it can be runny.

While you're thinking about dog waste, think about cow waste and pesticides. Where does that go. Read about the Chesapeake Bay and how that huge area has been damaged by cow waste and pesticide runoff from farms.

[showmecity]

lol. great video. how long did you have to stand next to that poop?