Angry dog owners

Why there are too few bags for poop

Gerhard Ehrenberger often walks his "Niko" in Thaliastrasse: "There are no bag dispensers", says the "Krone" reader(Bild: Gerhard Bartel)

In Vienna, dog owners from several districts are complaining that there are too few poop bags and boxes to dispose of the waste properly. But there are no fewer poop bags than there used to be. The explanation lies in another phenomenon. 

It was one of the best decisions made by the city government at the time: 17 years ago, bags for poop were rolled out across the city so that dog owners could clean up their pets' droppings. Tons of dog waste was no longer left on sidewalks, green spaces or in parks.