I'm of two minds about this. People who want to have pets should bear the financial responsibility for them. Provide your own private poop disposal system, whatever it may be, keep your dog off of other people's lawns, pay for your own spay and neutering.
On the other hand, providing poop bags and disposal cans and cheap neutering does help keep public spaces clean, as more irresponsible pet owners might be inclined to pick up after their pets if disposal methods are easily at hand. And more people might have their pets neutered combat overpopulation.
So hmmmmmm. I frankly do not see enough errant dog poop in TV to think there is a big problem with people not picking up. Instead of helping to pay for the disposal systems, I'd rather pay for going after the people who don't give a d*** what their pets leave in public.
That's my story, and I'm not necessarily sticking to it ;=D
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