A box containing plastic bags for removal of dog waste is seen in Brooklyn in New York

---

A box containing plastic bags for removal of dog waste is seen in Brooklyn in New York on Sunday, September 30, 2012. The New York State Canine Waste Law, commonly called the "pooper-scooper law" went into effect August 1978 and New York City was the first major American city to have such a law. (© Richard B. Levine)

---

Size: 5120px × 3427px
Location: new york ny usa north america
Photo credit: © Richard Levine / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., america, animal, bag, bags, canine, canis, city, cleanliness, coli, companion, dirty, dog, effluence, elimination, environment, environmental, excrement, feces, filthy, health, healthy, law, levine, north, nyc, outdoors, pet, pick, pick-, plastic, pooper, public, rbl, rblfmr, removal, richard, scooper, toxocara, unhealthy, urban, usa, waste, york