# What happens to dogs that eat dead people?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 17, 2002, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-dogs-that-eat-dead-people/143311 "2002-12-17T12:18:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![AbsolutelyStark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@AbsolutelyStark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbsolutelyStark)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-dogs-that-eat-dead-people/143311/1 "2002-12-17T12:18:18Z")

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If someone killed people then chopped them up and fed them to their dog, what would happen to the dog when the person was caught?

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**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-dogs-that-eat-dead-people/143311/2 "2002-12-17T12:26:46Z")

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“Bad dog! BAD dog!”

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**Author:** ![SC\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@SC\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SC_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-dogs-that-eat-dead-people/143311/3 "2002-12-17T12:42:25Z")

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Could residue on the pooper scooper be subimtted for DNA testing?

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-dogs-that-eat-dead-people/143311/4 "2002-12-17T13:08:40Z")

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If precedent is anything to judge by, I’d guess [hanging](http://www.blueridgecountry.com/elephant/elephant.html).