ORLANDO, Fla. – A photo posted on Facebook showing dog poop littered across an Avalon Park yard has prompted several complaints.
It's actually a worldwide problem, and the search for the best solution is ongoing.
Some communities offer gloves and extra trash cans, while others have implemented hefty fines for people caught leaving their dog's poop behind.
In 2013, The Vue at Lake Eola, a downtown Orlando condo complex, hired a company called PooPrints to collect DNA samples from the dogs.
Technicians swab the mouths of the condo owners' dogs and then match that DNA to the feces. It cost pet owners about $50 per dog to register the animals with PooPrints.
If a tenant is caught not picking up after their dog, they could be fined $100. Repeat offenders could be evicted.
According to the Washington Post, a town in Spain hired a private detective to record videos of offending dog owners, who were then fined by police.
The Post reported that Brunete, a suburb of Madrid, started boxing up dog feces in 2013 and mailed it to owners. For two weeks, volunteers spied on dog walkers and snitched on them. The New York Times said the mail-bombs decreased poop in the area by 70 percent.
It's not known if Avalon Park will follow the lead of any of these towns, but many residents are hoping something is done. Until then, poop shaming on Facebook will continue.
"I'm sick of picking it up," Jim Thompson said Tuesday. "I'm fed up. ... Sixteen years I've been here and it hasn't gone away."
Just the other day, another man posted a photo on the "Avalon Park Rant" Facebook page. He even circled how many piles he found. Thompson said it's not only an eyesore, but it smells bad, too.
"I always make sure when I leave the house -- rain, sun, cloudy, it doesn't matter," Thompson said. "I have a leash and I have a bag because I pick up after my own dog. Maybe other neighbors in Avalon Park should do the same."
News 6 called the homeowners association to see what officials had to say about the problem, and we are still waiting for a response.
But while we were in the neighborhood, we saw two maintenance workers cleaning up in the very same area where that Facebook photo was taken.
Thompson said it's sad they're forced to deal with the mess.
"It's irresponsible and it's unfair," Thompson said. "I'm putting an end to it by putting cameras on my house and when I see who is doing it, I'm going to report them to police and they're going to pay a fine."