Recently, on a hike with a friend, among towering Douglas fir and western hemlock trees, by a glassy, pebble-rich creek, we saw giant plops of black-bear scat every few hundred yards. We were miles ...

“There’s dog poop everywhere,” said Karsen Kelsey, a 27-year-old living in Brighton who went out to enjoy this week’s balmy temperatures and found his neighborhood splattered with uncleaned pet wastes ...

Around 6.5 million tons of [mostly] plastic-wrapped dog poop winds up in landfills in the United States every year. As most cities see it, that’s the only safe option. Unlike wildlife scat, which ...

Re: “Off-leash dogs: Keep children safe and healthy” (Feb. 1, Northwest Voices): I am a lifelong dog owner and parent of two kids who are now adults. I understand the need for safe (and dog poop-free) ...

Picture your last dog walk. You are walking in your neighborhood or on a trail, and suddenly your dog gets into that familiar tripod squat position. Unfortunately, you forgot the poop bags at home.