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NAPLES, ITALY - 23 January 2014: Maria Rosario Tommaso, of the Naples Health Department, check a Labrador named Pluto with a microchip detector duringn an identity check and to make sure the owner carries a bag and shovel to pick up the dog faeces, in the Vomero-Arenella neighborhood, where a pilot project to keep streets clean from dog excrements was started, in Naples, Italy, on January 23rd 2014.

The city of Naples started a pilot project in the district of Vomero-Arenella aimed at busting irresponsible dog owners from leaving their pets' feces in the street. Blood samples are being collected from the approximately 8,000 dogs living in the neighborhood of 110,00 inhabitants. (the city of Naples counts a total of 960,000 people and 60,000 dogs). In a few months city street cleaners will locate the excrements, call the police who will send a sample to a laboratory where DNA will be extracted and compared with the results of blood samples.

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NAPLES, ITALY - 23 January 2014: Maria Rosario Tommaso, of the Naples Health Department, check a Labrador named Pluto with a microchip detector duringn an identity check and to make sure the owner carries a bag and shovel to pick up the dog faeces, in the Vomero-Arenella neighborhood, where a pilot project to keep streets clean from dog excrements was started, in Naples, Italy, on January 23rd 2014.<br /> <br /> The city of Naples started a pilot project in the district of Vomero-Arenella aimed at busting irresponsible dog owners from leaving their pets' feces in the street. Blood samples are being collected from the approximately 8,000 dogs living in the neighborhood of 110,00 inhabitants. (the city of Naples counts a total of 960,000 people and 60,000 dogs). In a few months city street cleaners will locate the excrements, call the police who will send a sample to a laboratory where DNA will be extracted and compared with the results of blood samples.