Orlando condo using DNA from dogs to track owners who don't clean up

Residents of The Vue fed up over feces left behind

Published On: Jan 30 2013 03:54:34 PM EST   Updated On: Jan 14 2013 07:07:28 PM EST
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ORLANDO, Fla. -

Residents of an Orlando condo complex fed up with owners not cleaning up after their pets are using a high-tech way to catch the culprits, taking DNA from the dogs.

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The Vue at Lake Eola in downtown has received numerous complaints about tenants leaving their dog's droppings at a pet park on the seventh floor of the condominium.

The building is hiring a company called PooPrints to collect DNA samples from the dogs.  Technicians will swab the dogs' mouths and then match that DNA to the feces.

It will cost pet owners about $50 per dog to register them with PooPrints.

If a tenant is caught not picking up after their dog they could be fined $100. Repeat offenders could be evicted from the building.

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