Dog DNA Database on the Way?

[arealhuman]

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Interesting article here.

 

[JudyN]

Anything that stops owners letting their dogs worry or kill livestock would normally get my vote. I'm just unsure if I trust the police to handle genetic evidence reliably though - there's been enough problems with human DNA evidence and the burden of proof needed may be regarded by police as lower for dogs than humans.

 

[Violet Turner]

Anything that stops owners letting their dogs worry or kill livestock would normally get my vote. I'm just unsure if I trust the police to handle genetic evidence reliably though - there's been enough problems with human DNA evidence and the burden of proof needed may be regarded by police as lower for dogs than humans.

@JudyN I'm with you on this one.

 

[arealhuman]

Well, I couldn't have put it better myself @JudyN and @Violet Turner! There's been huge overreach by the Police in all sorts of areas of data retention - DNA, images, fingerprints, video - so I have zero trust that they'll actually be honest with this and then mission creep will start to take place ("oh, the dog's DNA just isn't reliable enough, we now need the owner's DNA too").

 

[Caro Perry]

If it can track down the owner who leaves his/her dog mess on the verge down the lane from my home I'd be all for it! It's clearly the same dog but I've yet to spot the culprit.

But yes - mission creep is all but inevitable. I'd be worried about the level of burden of proof as well. Would they need a 100% match? I doubt it.