Even earlier, in 1978, New York City passed poop scooping laws that were hilariously enforced by fed-up New Yorkers leaning out their windows and yelling at the scofflaws. I was there when the law was passed and remember hearing that people were letting their dogs loose rather than agree to pick up poop, with a radio announcer saying, “If you’re looking for a purebred dog, there are many to choose from in city shelters.”