Did anyone catch this article in today’s (Tuesday 9 November) “New York Times,” :
“A Fouled City Puts Its Foot Down, but Carefully” (page A4?)

This article discusses the problem of doggie-do on the streets of Paris. Here are a few excerpts:
“…Dog waste, says Le Figaro (the newspaper)‘sticks to Paris’s reputation the way fog does to London’s.’ Tourists are revolted at what they find underfoot as they gaze overhead. An average of 650 people a year break bones or are hospitalized after slipping in it…” Ha ha ha!

“….The city estimates that its 200,000 resident dogs deposit 16 tons of waste a day, of which the city cleans up 12 tons,( boy, there’s a job I’d want to have!) at a cost that works out to about a dollar a pound. Much of the work is done by 70 green “caninette” motorcycles with vacuum cleaners attached, but that is too few, and some are sidelined in a contract dispute….” (Gawd, I love the French workforce!)

The article also talked about a few absolutely hysterical ad campaigns to combat the problem, and may ask Parliament to give park workers the authority to arrest people who don’t tidy up after their pooches.

The New York Times:

"All the News That’s Fit to Print"