dog poop dna.....sorta o/t

saw this on another group,

Soon they'll be swabbing your dog's mouth to find pooper scooper
violators:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/02/us...ef=todayspaper

Canine DNA is now being used to identify the culprits who fail to
clean up after their pets, an offense that Deborah Violette, for one, is
committed to eradicating at the apartment complex she manages.

Everyone who owns a dog in her complex,
Timberwood Commons in Lebanon, N.H., must submit a sample of its DNA,
taken by rubbing a cotton swab around inside the animal's mouth.

The swab is sent to BioPet Vet Lab, a Knoxville, Tenn., company that
enters it into a worldwide database. If Ms. Violette finds an unscooped
pile, she can take a sample, mail it to Knoxville and use a DNA match to
identify the offending owner.

Michael Lane
n Flatrock, Tennessee