In Britain, a doggy bag can be confused with a pooper-scooper, which deals with a different kind of waste altogether.

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Outsourcing of picking up after our pets is also popular, judging by the proliferation of pooper-scooper chains including Pet Butler and the frankly named Wholly Crap, which serves Ohio and Pennsylvania.

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