22 July 2018

Dung Beetles; Canberra’s unconventional solution to handling dog poo

| Nina Gbor
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Gemma Thomson, Founder and CEO, Puppis Baw - Dung Beetles for Dogs. Photos: Supplied.

Gemma Thomson, Founder and CEO, Puppis Baw – Dung Beetles for Dogs. Photos: Supplied.

In a city with about as many dogs as children, it’s fair to say Canberra deals with a lot of dog poo. In fact, these dogs can fill two Olympic-size swimming pools every year with the amount of poo they produce! The waste is usually wrapped in individual plastic bags that all end up in the landfill. Handling dog poo is not only tedious for dog owners, but the plastic used is detrimental to the environment. Gemma Thomson, founder and CEO of Puppis Baw – Dung Beetles for Dogs swears that Dung Beetles are nature’s solution to handling dog poo that supports an ecosystem, benefits plants and the Canberra environment.

Dung beetle

Dung beetle.

Website: https://dungbeetlesfordogs.com.au/
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Does this mean dog walkers let their dogs poop on our front yards without our permissions? Hope not. Also poops attract as rats/mice and among other problems associated with it.

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