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Pooper Snooper — An app to help tackle dog poop Natural Apptitude ·Follow 3 min read·Jun 4, 2018-- Dog poo is a problem. It’s not getting any better. And no-one seems to be doing much about it. So how can we all do our bit to help turn things around? Help is at hand — in the form of a new free app called ‘Pooper Snooper’ Most of us see it on a daily basis. And there are probably very few of us that haven’t trodden in it at some time. In the UK, dog fouling is one of the most common complaints to local councils. Not only that, it is reported that the number of areas affected by dog poop is increasing rapidly. But it’s not just unpleasant. Far from benign, dog faeces left in the environment present serious health problems: Toxocariasis is a nasty disease that can ultimately result in blindness. It’s caused by a type of roundworm found in dog and cat faeces. Children are most at risk, since they are the most likely age group to come into direct contact with faeces. However, infection can also occur by ingestion of soil particles contaminated with the eggs or larvae. The eggs remain viable in the soil for many years after the poo has gone — an issue that would be mitigated by people immediately cleaning up their dog’s poop.Neosporosis, another disease that can be transmitted in dog faeces, causes still birth in livestock if it enters the food chain.Many dog owners are responsible and clean up after their pooch. But we all know that others are not as socially responsible, leading to the pollution of environments that are there for all of us to enjoy and share. With roughly 1 in 4 households currently owning a dog and approximately 9 million dogs in the UK in total, there could be a staggering 42.5 million poos per day entering our environment, all of which need to be safely and responsibly disposed of. So what can be done?By downloading the new, free app ‘Pooper Snooper’ you can join the fight against dog fouling and help tackle this messy problem. How can it make a difference?Pooper Snooper has been designed to allow you to quickly, easily and accurately record dog poo and also bin locations, which then appear on a map within the app. Communities can use this to highlight and monitor problematic areas and it is hoped that the data will better enable authorities to act, for example, by providing extra and/or better placed bins or by enabling the efforts of over-stretched dog wardens to be better targeted. People can also use the app to guide them to the nearest bin. And remember, if it’s bagged you can put it in any bin #AnyBinWillDo It will be interesting to see how the app and data gets used and what people want to do with it. We expect the app to evolve over time and we look forward to receiving feedback so that it can be improved as a tool to help tackle this unpleasant problem. If you’re interested in keeping in touch with what the project is doing you can follow us on Facebook and Twitter. |
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