The takeaway from all this is simply that dog (and cat) ownership does have an ecological footprint. Like everything else in your life, keeping a pet is intertwined with our insatiable consumerism.

A would-be burglar caught after he stepped in dog poo and left a damning dirty footprint has been sentenced. Brian Harold, 20, committed a string of night-time crimes in residential areas of ...

I find this item fascinating because of the impressed footprint. I feel that this type ... I can imagine this dog may have been a beloved pet of a Roman or Scot or may have been a stray that ...

I find this item fascinating because of the impressed footprint. I feel that this type ... I can imagine this dog may have been a beloved pet of a Roman or Scot or may have been a stray that ...