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Bring a bottle: Viennese dog owners told to rinse pets’ urine from trees

Official guidance says ammonia in animal urine should be watered down to stop it corroding bark

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Bring a bottle: Viennese dog owners told to rinse pets’ urine from trees

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Official guidance says ammonia in animal urine should be watered down to stop it corroding bark

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October 15, 2026 at 10:01 AM EDT to October 16, 2026 at 1:09 PM EDTLink resolvesPassed2002 checks over about 27 hours, the same result every time. 200, text/html, 473448 characters, landed on https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/15/vienna-austria-dog-owners-dilute-pet-urine-trees The wording varied; every check is below.
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  • October 15, 2026 at 10:01 AM EDT: 200, text/html, 473448 characters, landed on https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/15/vienna-austria-dog-owners-dilute-pet-urine-trees
  • October 16, 2026 at 1:09 PM EDT: 200, text/html, 475404 characters, landed on https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/15/vienna-austria-dog-owners-dilute-pet-urine-trees
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  • October 15, 2026 at 10:01 AM EDT: the page contains the quotation, exactly
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