A NATIONAL EPIDEMIC AND OUR NATIONAL PREVENTION POLICIES
FOR THE RECORD
While we wholeheartedly support conservation, we also sympathize with the emotional attachment people have for their pets. It is our opinion that until society finds a way to re-balance the scales, and since individual ownership of a pet is by choice, unless dogs or other household pets start voting, paying taxes, using the toilet, or cleaning up behind themselves; any such ownership remains at the sole risk of the owner and not of the entire neighborhood.
During the early stages of human evolution we established civilization by first separating ourselves from the animal kingdom. Thus, over time our villages, cities, communities, and neighborhoods have been developed for the primary purpose of providing humans with a safe haven, as well as shelter from adverse or discomforting ecological and environmental conditions.
Very early on into the development of civilization humans realized the devastating affects sanitation in such densely populated areas would have on the health of everyone, and so we developed the means of properly removing all waste away from the human population. Using sound logic and reasoning we have concluded that the health and safety of the human population is the number one priority in our residential and commercial neighborhoods, and anything that puts our communities at serious risk whether actual or potential, must be governed in a way that limits these risk to the point of origin.
Any law or regulation that knowingly allows the health and safety of the people living in our communities to be placed at risk, is only applicable to the extent allowed by the residents themselves, who as a matter of right can set a higher standard in the prevention of said risks; and further, to prevent disruption to the cultural and historic continuity of the people already living within their communities.
That is why we have developed and implemented this National Pet Policy as a guideline to the way we should all live together in the same environment. Learn what you can do to become a part of the solution and not the problem.
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NATIONAL PET POLICY
1. For these expressed purposes only, the term owner may signify any actual member of a household that has a pet.
2. Our neighborhood's open areas and green spaces are not and will not be allowed to be used as public toilets for humans or privately owned domesticated animals, who may happen to share and enjoy these spaces with everyone else living in or visiting the area. We have come to understand that the more densely populated we are, the greater becomes the risk of spreading infections and contaminants among ourselves, and so it is important that we propagate public safety by minimizing all risk to the health of every person living in our neighborhoods. THEREFORE,
3. Dogsitting, dog walking or exercising, dog grooming, dog training, and other pet services or facilities are not welcomed or allowed to be housed and/or operated within our residential neighborhoods. Short term and sporadic dog sitting for family and friends of a few days to no more than 2 weeks annual total for all instances combined, and no more than two dogs at a time, is exempt from this requirement only, and all other expressed or implied policies do apply.
4. Every privately owned pet living or brought into our neighborhoods shall be registered, licensed and vaccinated according to local laws and regulations; and further, unless implanted with a micro chip shall wear their license or tags on their collar at all times they are in the public domain.
5. Every privately owned pet shall remain secured by a lease or placed in a pet carrier at all times they are on the public spaces within our neighborhoods and communities.
6. No dog or other privately owned pet shall be allowed to urinate or defecate in or on any public space within our neighborhoods including our sidewalks, tree boxes, corners, curb spaces, vacant lots, or other public or private green space unless that space is owned and/or controlled exclusively by the actual pet owner.
7. All dogs and other privately owned pets are required to urinate and defecate using an area in or on the pet owner's property that does not directly abut their adjacent neighbor's property so as to be offensive to, and/or put the neighbor at risk of contamination. It is requested that any such animal feces be removed immediately and placed in a plastic bag and properly disposed of in a sealed container kept on the owner's property, which shall be emptied and properly disposed of on a weekly basis at minimum; and it is further required that no dog or cat feces shall remain on the ground for more than eight (8) hours under any circumstances.
8. With or without a plastic bag, no privately owned pet's feces shall ever be discarded inside of any trash can that is not their own, including our neighborhood public trash cans. These receptacles are strategically placed in areas throughout our neighborhoods where people frequent and are likely to discard trash, and particularly near bus stops and on heavily trafficked commercial corridors. Not only does such activity significantly increase the risk of contamination to anyone nearby, but during the summer months the smell becomes deplorable while people are waiting on our public transportation.
9. Any person found violating these policies and any others adopted in the future shall be considered a public nuisance and frowned upon by their neighbors. This does not bar taking any other legal action on behalf of the neighborhood to enforce this policy.
AN OUT OF CONTROL HEALTH EPIDEMIC!
WHAT DOG POO CAN DO TO YOU...
While a growing sector of the American society has come to realize the inhumanity of caging otherwise wild animals in places like zoos and circuses for their own amusement, along with the rising realization of an urgent need to establish more animal sanctuaries to help promote ecological recovery and prevent the needless slaughter of so-called big game animals for their body parts and sport; after centuries of breeding and domestication in Europe there is another trend that has silently reached epidemic proportions in American society on a scale that is seriously threatening human existence, and upsetting the very balance of nature itself.
We are talking about the mass breeding and cross-breeding of canines (dogs) for domestication as household pets for humans, and the development and sustenance of a multifaceted industry worth billions of dollars annually.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau in 2017 the U.S. population was placed at 325.7 million, with approximately 280 million whites, 40 million black people, and 2 and ½ million American Indians and Native Alaskans combined. According to STATISTA in 2017 the U.S. dog population living as household pets was 89.7 million or approximately 90 million dogs.
These figures indicate that the dog population is equal to about 27% of the U.S population, 32% of the white population, and approximately 220% or more than twice that of the black population; and about 36 times that of the American Indian and Native Alaskan population combined.
According to a report dated June 22, 2016 by the Business Insider, more than half of the U.S. population lived in 9 states. So if every pet dog poops the low average of just 1 time per day, it would amount to about 90 million piles of untreated dog feces being disposed of in our communities and local ecological systems daily.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has warned that one single dog dropping can contain millions of fecal bacteria, along with other parasites and bacteria. It has also been reported that a single gram of dog poop can contain 23 million fecal coliform bacteria. Also, according to the CDC "it just takes fewer than 500 organisms to make a person ill with campylobacter."
On January 30, 2018 the CDC posted a report that there had been a "Multistate Outbreak of Multidrug-Resistant Campylobacter Infections Linked to Contact with Pet Store Puppies." Apparently the dogs gave it to each other and then infected the humans who purchased them. 113 cases of human infections in 17 states with 23 hospitalizations and no deaths.
What should be alarming to all of us is the fact that today gentrification is bringing a flood of dogs into the black community like we've never seen before, along with a variety of health, safety and environmental risk. What is just as shocking is that African Americans are increasingly following this trend. Here is a summary as we see it.
There are a lot of potentially infectious parasites known to live in dog and cat feces, and many of them become more infectious the older the poop gets. Like most people who dangerously use a plastic bag and no gloves to pick up poop with their hands, without using a scoop they never get it all. Then without washing their hands or simply carrying and using hand-sanitizer until they can wash their hands, they hold the leash, touch their eyes nose or mouths, touch the car door, open the gate, open the house door, shake hands greeting people, go the the store, work, and other public places. So now they have put the entire community at greater risk for disease. Remember, it only takes 1 gram of poop to generate millions of potential disease carriers!
From Salmonella, to E. coli, to tapeworms, here are some things we all should know about dog poop:
* According to Veterinarians, the CDC, various medical professionals and environmentalist, dog poop may contain parvovirus, whipworms, hookworms, roundworms, threadworms, campylobacteriosis, giardia, and coccidian; and a bunch of different bacteria.
* Humans can get hookworms, tapeworms, threadworms and campylobacteriosis; and a recent study by the CDC revealed that 14 percent of Americans tested positive for roundworms.
* Roundworms can remain infectious for years in contaminated soil and water.
* When different dogs constantly poop in our tree boxes, and on public sidewalks and grasses, they can expose other dogs and people in the neighborhood to their viruses and bacteria.
* Human poop flushes down the toilet where it goes for processing and decontamination, but when it rains dog poop left on sidewalks, yards or in dumps can wash into storm drains and ditches, which then flow untreated into our local rivers and waterways. Even in small doses, E. coli can get into our water system and drinking water.
*Pet dogs produce approximately 20 billion pounds of dog poop each year.
* Dog poop attracts rats, flies, and other insects.
* Flies do not have teeth or a stinger. Their mouths absorb food like a sponge. They can only eat liquids but they can turn many solid foods into a liquid through spitting or vomiting on it.
* They eat any wet or decaying matter, but they are particularly attracted to dog and cat poop because the odor is strong and it is easy for them to find.
* House flies taste with their feet and tend to stay within 1-2 miles of where they were born but will travel up to 20 miles for food. They breed laying eggs in garbage cans, compost heaps and pet poop; then get on you, in your house, on your food, furniture, and clothing.
* These insects have been known to carry over 100 different kinds of disease causing germs.
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*REFERENCES
www.census.gov
https://www.cdc.gov/campylobacter/outbreaks/puppies-9-17/index.html
https://www.cdc.gov/features/healthypets/index.html
https://www.statista.com/statistics/198095/pets-in-the-united-states-by-type-in-2008/
https://www.businessinsider.com/half-of-the-us-population-lives-in-just-9-states-2016-6
http://www.americanpetproducts.org/press_industrytrends.asp "Pet Industry Market Size & Ownership Statistics" - American Pet Products Association
https://doee.dc.gov/petwaste "Pet Waste Complaints"
http://www.doodycalls.com/resources-toxic-dog-waste/ "Pet Waste Can Be Harmful"
http://www.mrdogpoop.com/howbadispoop.html "How Bad Is Dog Poop?
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FOR THE RECORD
While we wholeheartedly support conservation, we also sympathize with the emotional attachment people have for their pets. It is our opinion that until society finds a way to re-balance the scales, and since individual ownership of a pet is by choice, unless dogs or other household pets start voting, paying taxes, using the toilet, or cleaning up behind themselves; any such ownership remains at the sole risk of the owner and not of the entire neighborhood.
During the early stages of human evolution we established civilization by first separating ourselves from the animal kingdom. Thus, over time our villages, cities, communities, and neighborhoods have been developed for the primary purpose of providing humans with a safe haven, as well as shelter from adverse or discomforting ecological and environmental conditions.
Very early on into the development of civilization humans realized the devastating affects sanitation in such densely populated areas would have on the health of everyone, and so we developed the means of properly removing all waste away from the human population. Using sound logic and reasoning we have concluded that the health and safety of the human population is the number one priority in our residential and commercial neighborhoods, and anything that puts our communities at serious risk whether actual or potential, must be governed in a way that limits these risk to the point of origin.
Any law or regulation that knowingly allows the health and safety of the people living in our communities to be placed at risk, is only applicable to the extent allowed by the residents themselves, who as a matter of right can set a higher standard in the prevention of said risks; and further, to prevent disruption to the cultural and historic continuity of the people already living within their communities.
That is why we have developed and implemented this National Pet Policy as a guideline to the way we should all live together in the same environment. Learn what you can do to become a part of the solution and not the problem.
______________________________________________
NATIONAL PET POLICY
1. For these expressed purposes only, the term owner may signify any actual member of a household that has a pet.
2. Our neighborhood's open areas and green spaces are not and will not be allowed to be used as public toilets for humans or privately owned domesticated animals, who may happen to share and enjoy these spaces with everyone else living in or visiting the area. We have come to understand that the more densely populated we are, the greater becomes the risk of spreading infections and contaminants among ourselves, and so it is important that we propagate public safety by minimizing all risk to the health of every person living in our neighborhoods. THEREFORE,
3. Dogsitting, dog walking or exercising, dog grooming, dog training, and other pet services or facilities are not welcomed or allowed to be housed and/or operated within our residential neighborhoods. Short term and sporadic dog sitting for family and friends of a few days to no more than 2 weeks annual total for all instances combined, and no more than two dogs at a time, is exempt from this requirement only, and all other expressed or implied policies do apply.
4. Every privately owned pet living or brought into our neighborhoods shall be registered, licensed and vaccinated according to local laws and regulations; and further, unless implanted with a micro chip shall wear their license or tags on their collar at all times they are in the public domain.
5. Every privately owned pet shall remain secured by a lease or placed in a pet carrier at all times they are on the public spaces within our neighborhoods and communities.
6. No dog or other privately owned pet shall be allowed to urinate or defecate in or on any public space within our neighborhoods including our sidewalks, tree boxes, corners, curb spaces, vacant lots, or other public or private green space unless that space is owned and/or controlled exclusively by the actual pet owner.
7. All dogs and other privately owned pets are required to urinate and defecate using an area in or on the pet owner's property that does not directly abut their adjacent neighbor's property so as to be offensive to, and/or put the neighbor at risk of contamination. It is requested that any such animal feces be removed immediately and placed in a plastic bag and properly disposed of in a sealed container kept on the owner's property, which shall be emptied and properly disposed of on a weekly basis at minimum; and it is further required that no dog or cat feces shall remain on the ground for more than eight (8) hours under any circumstances.
8. With or without a plastic bag, no privately owned pet's feces shall ever be discarded inside of any trash can that is not their own, including our neighborhood public trash cans. These receptacles are strategically placed in areas throughout our neighborhoods where people frequent and are likely to discard trash, and particularly near bus stops and on heavily trafficked commercial corridors. Not only does such activity significantly increase the risk of contamination to anyone nearby, but during the summer months the smell becomes deplorable while people are waiting on our public transportation.
9. Any person found violating these policies and any others adopted in the future shall be considered a public nuisance and frowned upon by their neighbors. This does not bar taking any other legal action on behalf of the neighborhood to enforce this policy.
AN OUT OF CONTROL HEALTH EPIDEMIC!
WHAT DOG POO CAN DO TO YOU...
While a growing sector of the American society has come to realize the inhumanity of caging otherwise wild animals in places like zoos and circuses for their own amusement, along with the rising realization of an urgent need to establish more animal sanctuaries to help promote ecological recovery and prevent the needless slaughter of so-called big game animals for their body parts and sport; after centuries of breeding and domestication in Europe there is another trend that has silently reached epidemic proportions in American society on a scale that is seriously threatening human existence, and upsetting the very balance of nature itself.
We are talking about the mass breeding and cross-breeding of canines (dogs) for domestication as household pets for humans, and the development and sustenance of a multifaceted industry worth billions of dollars annually.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau in 2017 the U.S. population was placed at 325.7 million, with approximately 280 million whites, 40 million black people, and 2 and ½ million American Indians and Native Alaskans combined. According to STATISTA in 2017 the U.S. dog population living as household pets was 89.7 million or approximately 90 million dogs.
These figures indicate that the dog population is equal to about 27% of the U.S population, 32% of the white population, and approximately 220% or more than twice that of the black population; and about 36 times that of the American Indian and Native Alaskan population combined.
According to a report dated June 22, 2016 by the Business Insider, more than half of the U.S. population lived in 9 states. So if every pet dog poops the low average of just 1 time per day, it would amount to about 90 million piles of untreated dog feces being disposed of in our communities and local ecological systems daily.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has warned that one single dog dropping can contain millions of fecal bacteria, along with other parasites and bacteria. It has also been reported that a single gram of dog poop can contain 23 million fecal coliform bacteria. Also, according to the CDC "it just takes fewer than 500 organisms to make a person ill with campylobacter."
On January 30, 2018 the CDC posted a report that there had been a "Multistate Outbreak of Multidrug-Resistant Campylobacter Infections Linked to Contact with Pet Store Puppies." Apparently the dogs gave it to each other and then infected the humans who purchased them. 113 cases of human infections in 17 states with 23 hospitalizations and no deaths.
What should be alarming to all of us is the fact that today gentrification is bringing a flood of dogs into the black community like we've never seen before, along with a variety of health, safety and environmental risk. What is just as shocking is that African Americans are increasingly following this trend. Here is a summary as we see it.
There are a lot of potentially infectious parasites known to live in dog and cat feces, and many of them become more infectious the older the poop gets. Like most people who dangerously use a plastic bag and no gloves to pick up poop with their hands, without using a scoop they never get it all. Then without washing their hands or simply carrying and using hand-sanitizer until they can wash their hands, they hold the leash, touch their eyes nose or mouths, touch the car door, open the gate, open the house door, shake hands greeting people, go the the store, work, and other public places. So now they have put the entire community at greater risk for disease. Remember, it only takes 1 gram of poop to generate millions of potential disease carriers!
From Salmonella, to E. coli, to tapeworms, here are some things we all should know about dog poop:
* According to Veterinarians, the CDC, various medical professionals and environmentalist, dog poop may contain parvovirus, whipworms, hookworms, roundworms, threadworms, campylobacteriosis, giardia, and coccidian; and a bunch of different bacteria.
* Humans can get hookworms, tapeworms, threadworms and campylobacteriosis; and a recent study by the CDC revealed that 14 percent of Americans tested positive for roundworms.
* Roundworms can remain infectious for years in contaminated soil and water.
* When different dogs constantly poop in our tree boxes, and on public sidewalks and grasses, they can expose other dogs and people in the neighborhood to their viruses and bacteria.
* Human poop flushes down the toilet where it goes for processing and decontamination, but when it rains dog poop left on sidewalks, yards or in dumps can wash into storm drains and ditches, which then flow untreated into our local rivers and waterways. Even in small doses, E. coli can get into our water system and drinking water.
*Pet dogs produce approximately 20 billion pounds of dog poop each year.
* Dog poop attracts rats, flies, and other insects.
* Flies do not have teeth or a stinger. Their mouths absorb food like a sponge. They can only eat liquids but they can turn many solid foods into a liquid through spitting or vomiting on it.
* They eat any wet or decaying matter, but they are particularly attracted to dog and cat poop because the odor is strong and it is easy for them to find.
* House flies taste with their feet and tend to stay within 1-2 miles of where they were born but will travel up to 20 miles for food. They breed laying eggs in garbage cans, compost heaps and pet poop; then get on you, in your house, on your food, furniture, and clothing.
* These insects have been known to carry over 100 different kinds of disease causing germs.
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*REFERENCES
www.census.gov
https://www.cdc.gov/campylobacter/outbreaks/puppies-9-17/index.html
https://www.cdc.gov/features/healthypets/index.html
https://www.statista.com/statistics/198095/pets-in-the-united-states-by-type-in-2008/
https://www.businessinsider.com/half-of-the-us-population-lives-in-just-9-states-2016-6
http://www.americanpetproducts.org/press_industrytrends.asp "Pet Industry Market Size & Ownership Statistics" - American Pet Products Association
https://doee.dc.gov/petwaste "Pet Waste Complaints"
http://www.doodycalls.com/resources-toxic-dog-waste/ "Pet Waste Can Be Harmful"
http://www.mrdogpoop.com/howbadispoop.html "How Bad Is Dog Poop?
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