101 Crazy things you can do with dog poop ... a start

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Add flush to 'poop and scoop'  Canada 'A City of Ottawa committee has approved a bylaw prohibiting dog owners from disposing of their pet's waste in park garbage cans. The city doesn't care whether people throw the feces into their household trash or flush it down the toilet, they just don't want to haul it out of the park... '

'That Ottawa could become the only municipality in Canada where dog owners have been asked to take this step is ridiculous.' [CBC Ottawa] (this IS groundbreaking news: I thought I was doing my part to scoop and bag the dog's poop along with intermixed kitty litter in the bag so it wouldn't smell and dispose of it in our garbage. Turns out you need special biodegradable bags so it'll break down... )

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US Cat And Dog Ownership Studies - UK Comparisons. 'US newspapers are filled with figures following today's publication of US Census statistics collected by the Census Bureau...' [UKPets.co.uk UK Pet Industry News]

• Pet census: Canines rules. Baltimore Sun, MD
  ... Dogs, meanwhile, are more likely to visit the animal doctor -- 85 percent of dog
  households took the pet to the vet in 2001, compared with 67 percent of cat ...
• From cell phones to snowboarding, census fact book a snapshot of .... Anchorage Daily News, AK
  ... About 85 percent of dog owners brought their pet to the doctor in 2001, compared
  with 67 percent of cat owners. Dogs, on average, visit the vet three times a ...
• Favorite US pet? Dogs, by a nose. Bedford Times Mail, IN
  ... Dogs, meanwhile, are more likely to visit the animal doctor — 85 percent of dog
  households took the pet to the vet in 2001, compared with 67 percent of cat ...
• Census finds dogs count most. Raleigh News, NC
  ... Dogs, meanwhile, are more likely to visit the animal doctor -- 85 percent of dog
  households took the pet to the vet in 2001, compared with 67 percent of cat ...
• When it comes to pets, more people have dogs. Modesto Bee, CA
  "I prefer the cuddliness of a dog to the snobbiness of a cat," said Theresa Rosa,
  owner of Pet City in Modesto. "Dogs are always willing to please the owners ...
• Dogs rule, but not by much, count reveals. Oregonian, OR
  ... Dogs, meanwhile, are more likely to visit the animal doctor -- 85 percent of dog
  households took the pet to the vet in 2001, compared with 67 percent of cat ...
• Book figures it: more dogs than cats in US. USA Today
  About 85% of dog owners brought their pet to the doctor in 2001, compared with 67%
  of cat owners. Dogs, on average, visit the vet three times a year, one more ...
• Dogs Edge Out Cats in Census Bureau Abstract. The Olympian, WA
  ... the family, the more likely it was to own a pet ...  Here's the truth about
  cats and dogs: Canines rule ... About 36 percent of homes with pets have a dog ...

Extrapolating too much: census statistics reflect numbers, not pets and certainly not their owners. My dog thinks he's a cat. Is there a form that allows a dog to count as BOTH cat and dog? probably not... My dog's really part cat... take that, you bean counters...

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