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The people who don't pick up after their dogs are often the same ones shouting for no-leash laws, dogs in more public places, etc.
Well if people watch a bunch of dog owners walk noisy, hairy, occasionally cute, but sometimes scary animals around just shitting everywhere on public property, and not cleaning up after them, they're gonna be less sympathetic to their cause.
Last time I was in Paris, around 4 years ago, it was poop hell. Now the fines are pretty big, but I'm not sure how well it's enforced, but I've heard it's definitely less of a problem now.
In NYC it's rare for me to find random poop, but in Westchester county it happens on the sides of high traffic sidewalks, where it can annoying when you'd rather walk on the grass than on the sidewalk.
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