An environmental sociologist who divided dog owners’ defecation-management strategies into “traditional,” “responsible,” and “furtive” types suggested that “the poop lying on the pavement nicely wrapped up in a plastic bag can be understood as a form of collective communication to the dog-less outside world: ‘Look, I tried, but . . . .’ ”

An environmental sociologist who divided dog owners’ defecation-management strategies into “traditional,” “responsible,” and “furtive” types suggested that “the poop lying on the pavement nicely wrapped up in a plastic bag can be understood as a form of collective communication to the dog-less outside world: ‘Look, I tried, but . . . .’ ”