What is Pooper-scooper?
{{Orphan|date=May 2012}} A '''pooper-scooper''', or '''poo scoop''', is a device or a ‘poo bag’ used by [[pet]] owners to pick up an animal's [[Feces|fecal matter]] from public places and yards. Such devices often have a bag or bag attachment. The ‘poop bag’ is usually turned inside out, to carry the feces to a proper disposal area. The person performing the cleanup might also be called a '''pooper-scooper'''. ==Legislation== Many places have laws telling pet owners to clean up after their pets after the pet has pooped on a sidewalk or any public place, on a floor, wall, stairway or roof of any public or private premises used in common by the public, or on a fence, wall or stairway of a building abutting on a public. There can be fines for failing to do this. ==Health concerns== Pet droppings contaminate the environment with [[bacteria]], [[parasite]]s and stench. The droppings are one of the leading sources of ''[[E. coli]]'' ([[fecal coliforms]]) bacterial pollution: one gram of dog feces contains over 20,000,000 ''E. coli'' cells. Coliform bacteria and ''E. coli'' are commonly-used field indicators of fecal contamination by animals (including human). Pet droppings contain eggs of [[Toxocara canis]] and [[Neospora caninum]] parasitic worms. In adult dogs infection with T.canis is usually [[Asymptomatic carrier|asymptomatic]] but can be fatal in puppies. T. canis can cause parasitic worm infection and rarely [[blindness]] in humans.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Despommier D |title=Toxocariasis: clinical aspects, epidemiology, medical ecology, and molecular aspects |journal= Clin Microbiol Rev |volume=16 |issue=2 |pages=265–272 |year=2003 |pmid=12692098 |doi=10.1128/CMR.16.2.265-272.2003 |pmc=153144}}</ref> N.caninum causes severe losses in [[livestock]] breeding. While an individual animal's deposit of feces will not measurably affect the environment, the [[wikt:cumulative|cumulative]] effect of thousands of dogs and cats in a metropolitan area creates serious problems due to contamination of soil and [[Water