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This claim requires more data. It could be that there's a natural accident rate, where bags end up dropped without intent. With enough dog owners in the area, i
by tommiegannert 3y ago
This claim requires more data. It could be that there's a natural accident rate, where bags end up dropped without intent. With enough dog owners in the area, it would be difficult to distinguish the two.
What matters then is whether they regret, and will seek to improve, their accident rate. Even harder to figure that out without a focused study.
- jaredhallen 3y agoWell I haven't systematically recorded the instances and cross referenced it against the prevalence of dog presence, obviously. Nor do I feel the need to. It's ubiquitous and absolutely not accidental, at least in most cases. The only two possible explanations I can think of are that a) people are under the impression that forests have janitorial staff that will collect the bags or b) they believe that the bags will somehow keep the environment "cleaner" by containing the germs?