The recent trend of discussing the proliferation of dog crap in Harlem has uncovered the work of one woman, Millie Gonzalez, who has spent the last six months patrolling the neighborhood with her beagle and picking up animal waste that other residents refuse to retrieve. It remains unclear whether it's the new gentrifiers or old people who can't bend over to grab the stuff. more ›

If your dog poops, you must scoop. Most people understand that. But for those that don't, DNA testing is about to make it a lot more difficult to leave behind Fido's filth. The Freakonomics guys proposed dog DNA testing as a solution for NYC's streets being riddled with poop back in 2005, and now it's becoming a reality. more ›

There's been some back and forth regarding the case of Long Island man Jamie Sanchez, neighbor Barbara Bottiglieri, and whether or not Bottiglieri's dog Coco ever pooped on Sanchez's lawn. Bottiglieri says no, but now some neighbors are coming to Sanchez's defense, saying the dog does its business wherever it wants. “The dog does go all over the place,” one woman told CBS. "She walks the dog on our property, on the grass and he’s [Sanchez] not the bad guy here." No, throwing an animal across the street is a totally reasonable response! more ›

Long Island resident Barbara Bottiglieri is traumatized after a weekend argument with neighbor Jamie Sanchez, which resulted in Sanchez grabbing her dachshund's leash and swinging the dog up and across the street. "That vision will stick in my head for the rest of my life," she told the Daily News. Sanchez was reportedly angry over Bottiglieri's letting her pooch poop on his lawn, but Bottiglieri claims she never allowed her dog, Coco, to do such a thing. "I said, 'What are you talking about? I have manners; my dog didn't do anything on your property.'" more ›

We've had a few instances of people throwing dog poop in anger, but this is the first time we've come across someone throwing the dog that did the pooping. Long Island man Jaime Sanchez has been charged with torturing animals and reckless endangerment after throwing his neighbor's one-year-old dachshund into the street, angry that the dog, named Coco, may have been planning to relieve itself on his lawn. more ›

The NYPD Internal Affairs and the Queens District Attorney's office are investigating the alleged police beating of Anna Stanczyk, a 49-year-old Polish immigrant who's lived in Rockaway Beach for almost two decades. Stanczyk was walking her beloved terrier Psotka outside her apartment on the Friday after Thanksgiving when two cops with the 100th precinct told her to clean up dog poop that she says wasn't Psotka's. When she argued with them (while also scooping up the frozen excrement), the situation escalated. more ›

Ann Stanczyk, 49, was walking her terrier Psotka (Polish for prankster) near her home in Rockaway Beach on the Friday after Thanksgiving when two NYPD officers took a special interest in her dog's business. She claims that two cops approached her and ordered her to scoop poop that wasn't Psotka's, and after she begrudgingly complied, they violently arrested her for talking back. "They saw my dog and they said I didn't clean up," Stanczyk, a Polish immigrant, tells the Daily News. "I said, 'No, she only pee.' They, of course, not agree with me and I say, 'Show me. Where is it?' " more ›

According to the Post, Al Qaeda operatives tried to use dogs as their own kamikaze weapons against America in 2008, by surgically implanting explosives and detonators inside two stray dogs. We should be grateful for two things: that they sucked so much at stitching, the plan was nixed; and that the only thing that is explosive about our dogs is their poop. So in light of this dastardly doggy terror plot that-almost-was, let's appreciate the relative ease of dealing with our occasionally poop-filled sidewalks. more ›

Today's fun new learning: Getting caught throwing poop on your neighbor's door can land you a graffiti charge! The Staten Island Advance reports, "An Eltingville man has been arrested for chucking a bag of feces against a neighbor’s door, prosecutors charge. Christopher Argentina, 28, and the victim have a history of conflict, said a law enforcement source." The July 9 incident was caught on surveillance tape, too, and Argentina was "charged with misdemeanor counts of criminal mischief and making graffiti... The graffiti charge was levied because the suspect allegedly marked or covered the victim’s property with the intent to annoy or harass him." And for a flashback, remember Joel Krupnik, who smeared dog poop on a 13-year-old dog owner who didn't scoop after her dog? more ›

What story ranks as high as, oh, the United States nationalizing financial institutions' debts, essentially privatizing profit but socializing risk? Why, P. Diddy stepping into dog poo! more ›

Who knows what the backstory is to this photograph, but it would be nice if New York City had more personnel in this capacity on the job. more ›