Environmentally, the bag actually prevents biodegradation. If you don’t pick up your dog poo in the wilderness and not where people step, some shit-eating insect (like roley-poley or cockroach or a worm) will eat it all up within a week.
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SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I would add scooping dog shit is another test. There are people out there who will bag the shit and then leave the bag on the ground for the poop to steam in for a few days before they put another bag right next to it to keep it company.
anothercatgirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Why do people do that? I mean, if they intend to abandon the dog poop, why would they bag it first?
GBU_28@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Not defending this, but some people intend to pick up the bag on their return, presumably as they are headed away from a trashcan and will return to one on the way back. They don’t want to carry it the whole time.
They should just carry it the whole time, or return to the start then and there to drop it
Empricorn@feddit.nl 3 months ago
If that’s the case and they don’t forget, then I am firmly on their side. Literally no one is impacted if the bagged poo sits there another 30-60 minutes…
GBU_28@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Generally agree, the issue is when they forget
thesystemisdown@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Sometimes people walking dogs plan on walking past the same spot on the return trip, so they leave the bag. Sometimes they forget to pick it back up, or forget that they dropped it there and take a different route home. Sometimes bag number two is the next day, or some other person’s bag. Generally, if someone’s going to pull a shit and split, they’re not bagging.
DrDickHandler@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Don’t waste your time trying to analyze the decision making of an animal.