New York's Poop Scoop Law: Dogs, the Dirt, and Due Process (New Directions in the Human-Animal Bond) | 
| Author: Michael Brandow
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
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Pages: 300
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Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.2 x 1
ISBN: 1557534926
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.70887097471
EAN: 9781557534927
ASIN: 1557534926
Publication Date: August 29, 2008
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Product Description
It's hard to imagine eight million people trying to avoid dog refuse on the streets of New York City on a daily basis. It's harder not to imagine New Yorkers from all walks of life picking up after their canines. Using plastic bags or trendy, mechanized devices, pet owners have become a unified force in cleaning up the sidewalks of the Big Apple. We forget that Health Law 1310, which went into effect in 1978, was the first such legislation to work in a major city, and that the strange custom of scooping in New York continues to influence communities around the world. Not long ago, picking up after your Poodle, Puli, or Pekinese was not a basic civic duty. Initially, many politicians thought the idea was absurd. Animal rights activists were unanimously opposed. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals condemned the proposed legislation because it would impose undue hardship on dog owners. New York's Poop Scoop Law chronicles the integration of dog owners, a much-maligned subculture, into mainstream society by tracing the history of the legislation that New York's City Council shelved twice before Mayor Ed Koch was forced to go to the state level for support. Brandow shows how a combination of science and politics, fact and fear, altruism and self-interest led to the adoption and enforcement of legislation that became a shining success.
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Brilliant! January 5, 2009
This is a GREAT read! Anyone who appreciates political intrigue, especially NYC-70s-style, will love this -- dog owners or not. It paints a fascinating picture of the time, the ins and outs of public policy, peppered with a Dickensian cast of characters. Who knew poop could be so captivating??
A word from the author ... October 30, 2008
Just wanted to let everyone know that I've been on radio shows around the world talking to people who are thrilled with my book. The BBC World News, five different shows on CBC in Canada (English and French), ABC in Sydney, WVOX in New York, etc., etc. I've also received rave reviews from The New Yorker which featured me in "Talk of the Town," the New York Times, Toronto Globe and Mail, among many others. The reading/signing I did at Barnes & Noble in Greenwich Village was a huge success and was packed with readers and their dogs. Don't listen to Publishers Weekly when they say that even New Yorkers won't like this book--did they mean The NYker or the Times?--because they don't seem to know much about New Yorkers or about dogs.
Doo Process October 11, 2008
Excellent book, would recommend to all, especially of course dog owners. Would make a great coffee table book (where mine is right now) or in the bathroom, guest or master, fitting right in with all things scatalogical.
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