I knew DNA technology was going to misused eventually.

[FLPanhandle]

http://www.nwfdailynews.com/article/20151120/NEWS/151129952/15893/NEWS

Destin condo wants doggies' DNA tested to track down problem poopers

Pet owners living at Harbor Landing in Destin said they have recently received a strange request from their condominium homeowners association — doggie DNA testing.

“I think the consensus is that we are trying to be reasonable, cooperative, but this just rubs the dog owners the wrong way,” said a concerned Harbor Landing resident. “It feels invasive, over-reaching, and was enacted by a board who last month tried to outlaw smoking on your own private deck.”

In a letter sent to residents last week, pet owners were asked to register their dogs and cats with the association by having their pets DNA tested to help prevent unwanted pet waste in public areas.

“Over the past three weeks there has been a significant increase in the amount of pet waste that has appeared throughout the property, including inside the elevators,” the letter read.

“We are not sure why the pet owners have not done the responsible thing and cleaned up after their pets, so the board is instituting a pet registration policy that will also include the need to obtain a DNA sample from the pet at the time of registration,” the letter continued. “The DNA sample will then be sent off to a lab for testing and recording. This will then allow for the Association to track down the owner of the pet waste and stop the problems.”

The letter went on to state that pet owners would be responsible to pay for the DNA testing, pet registration fee, and would also be levied a clean-up fee if they continue to leave pet waste behind in the future.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Just another authoritarian HOA.

[PeoViejo]

2. The Control Freaks are taking over the World

..on many levels.

[FLPanhandle]

3. I think this is the first case of HOA using DNA technology

I guess drone monitoring is next.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

9. Just one more tiny "sensible" intrusion.

"If it's not your dog's poop, you have nothing to hide, right"

[Shandris]

4. Of course. Every single piece of technology that can possibly be used for evil will be.

It's a truism of the connected world. Also, every possible permutation of power given to someone will be used and abused, as power not used is lost.

Disgusting as sin...but expected. After all, there will never be a cessation of conflict because, as the lyric goes, "There's no land that is so small that it can not divide".

[saturnsring]

5. yea theyre real control-freak authoritarians for wanting to keep animal feces off the floor and

out of elevators -. what about the inconsiderate slobs getting dogshit where it shouldn't be

“We are not sure why the pet owners have not done the responsible thing and cleaned up after their pets" those authoritarian bastards said

[eppur_se_muova]

7. Don't most elevators have cameras ?? nt

[LanternWaste]

6. Science and technology, in of itself, recognizes neither ethics nor morality

Science and technology, in of itself, recognizes neither ethics nor morality; as are market economies also amoral. Yet we feign surprise when the one uses the other to become more efficient in its goals.

[Whiskeytide]

8. The expense of DNA testing the pets...

... coupled with the expense of testing each individual pile of shit would seem to be considerably more than it might cost to hire a guy with a shovel. And that would create a job!

Of course, maybe this is an ingenious false flag operation to get the busybodies to run around scooping up the poop to deliver to the property management office for "testing" - "Ummm, yeah, sure.... we'll send that right off, Mrs. Winthorpe" - poop problem solved at very little expense.

And - chances are the pooping pets belong to renters anyway.

I suspect the guy who owns the property management company has a brother in law who owns a pet DNA testing company.