• bobzer@lemmy.zip
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      2 days ago

      There’s a lot of bad shit in our poop that isn’t in most wild animal shit.

      Particularly transmissible diseases for other humans.

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        2 days ago

        Also we’re visitors.

        At least in major watersheds the primary reason for picking up dog poop is because of the insane nitrogen content of the insane amounts of dog poop that’s generated. The environment isn’t ready for that influx.

        Potential disease vector is 2, then it’s icky gross is 3