The owner of a dog who walks the dog and takes the dog to clean up after defecation has been recognized by everyone. Most people think it's just a polite action. But in fact, such behavior has a deeper meaning. It's not just because the relevant regulations are so simple. Let's take the United States, which has the largest number of pets in the world, as an example to see how their statistics show that dog owners need to pick up shit.
1. The dog's excrement contains bacteria
In the regulations of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), it is written that pet excreta may carry bacteria, viruses and parasites. May affect the health of humans and wildlife. Moreover, untreated pet excreta can also provide nutrients for various fungi and bacteria. If the dog excretes into the water, it may cause over nutrition of water quality and a large number of algae.
2. The amount of dog excreta is too large
There is another very important reason why dog feces can become a pollution source that people pay attention to, because they are too large. According to incomplete statistics, about 80 million dogs in the United States can produce more than 10 million stools a year. Such a large amount of material, no matter what it is, can cause serious pollution.
3. Dog excreta can cause water pollution
If the dog's excreta is abandoned by the owners on the roadside, then when it rains, the dog's excreta will be washed away, and then the harmful part will enter the water cycle with the rain. So why not recommend dogs to drink wild water and swim in the wild. Moreover, when excreta enters the water, it will be decomposed, consume oxygen and emit ammonia. The environment of low oxygen and high ammonia is a disaster for wild fish.
4. Air pollution
American environmentalists conducted a test on air samples from Cleveland, Ohio and Detroit, Michigan. In the dog parks in these two places, 10% ~ 50% of the bacteria coincided with the common bacteria in dog excreta. There is reason to believe that bacteria in dog feces will enter the air.
5. Dog feces are corrosive
If the dog is near the wire bar or railing, these metal devices will be corroded by the dog's excreta, reducing their durability. Generally speaking, their life expectancy will be reduced by one third. If the corrosion is serious, these public facilities may collapse.
Dog excreta affects not only the owner, but also others. Not picking up excrement will not only threaten the owner's own health, but also affect others who are active in this area. In this way, it is very understandable that people punish owners who do not clean up their dog's feces.
