Crime and poo-nishment: flags planted in dog feces spark LA mystery
A street artist in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Venice is turning mounds of abandoned dog poop into tiny works of social commentary.
For weeks, local residents say, pieces of poop on the side of the road have been marked with small white flags, each with a unique, aggrieved message for those who fail to clean up after their pets.
“Get therapy,” reads one. “Must be nice to be such a lazyass,” reads another. “Why get a dog, then?” asks a third.
While the identity of the Venice poop flagger is still a mystery, the person is already becoming something of a folk hero to people who live on the residential blocks around hip Abbot Kinney Boulevard, not far from Venice Beach.
“I have no idea who it is, zero clue,” said Ava Carpentier, a longtime resident who was walking her dog, George. But, she said, “it’s brilliant. I think it’s hysterical. I’d like to shake the hand of the person who’s doing it.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/30/los-angeles-dog-poop-flag-venice-mystery
The Italian government has ordered DNA tests of all dogs living in Italy because of this exact problem. Could California be far away?
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