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Case Study: One Brooklyn Bridge Park Condominiums

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Dogs may be a mans best friend, but their waste is not. For the residents of One Brooklyn Bridge Park Condominiums, their ongoing matter of waste layering all parts of where they call home has become an epidemic. Having to indoor walking through corridors and lobbies littered with feces, urine, and other dog waste on a daily basis has caused extreme discomfort among residents, as well as being exceedingly expensive and time consuming to clean. As a response to this persistent problem the board has decided to implement an ordinance that all dogs living in the building must have their DNA registered. Through a service called Poo Prints the board can send register each dogs DNA and send in samples of waste for DNA testing. Then the board can discover …show more content…

Circumstances such as new unknown pets, residence who are pet sitting, or ones who have visitors with pets can inhibit the board from collection the DNA from every animal that enters the building. If a DNA sample is not registered, the board will lose money attempting to match the waste to its doggie culprit. With Poo Prints service already being price, losing money on unregistered dog will be a major set back. The current price of registration through Poo Print is forty five dollars per dog. Since there are 175 dogs it will cost the condominium $7,875 just to have every current dog registered in their system. On top of that, it cost sixty five dollars each time a specimen is sent in to have its DNA matched. If the DNA could not be matched the money is lost. Though further research I believe I have found a more suitable solution. A camera security system would be the best plan of action for the board and residents. The average indoor/outdoor eight camera, 16 colored high definition channels camera system with night vision runs around $775. The condominium would probably need to buy three systems to cover every lobby, elevator, and corridor. The cost of the three systems would only total about $2325, a third the cost of just the registration using Poo Print. The camera systems would be able to show who the owner is and what apartment they come

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