2004, Susan Lampert Smith, "Police aid nabs park befoulers by working turd shift", Wisconsin State Journal, 10 December 2004:
During the night, certain perpetrators were sneaking onto play equipment in parks and school yards and leaving deposits […]
The city stepped up surveillance of the park, which is just across the street and down the hill from the Police Department. It installed lights and a security camera. But it couldn’t catch the poopetrators.
2011, Katie Schneider, "Prank poopetrator sought", Toronto Sun, 3 May 2011 (used in title only):
Fed up with bags of dog feces flung on his lawn, a Deer Run resident says he wants to catch the canine owner dumping a disgusting eyesore on his property.
There is a poopetrator on the loose in Brooklyn, responsible for smearing feces on a number of doors and keyholes in the Prospect Heights and Crown Heights areas.
Fecal accidents have closed Bowling Green's aquatic complex three times since it opened June 15, frustrating patrons and staff, and costing an estimated $5,000 in revenue.
Director of Parks and Recreation Dr. Michelle Grigore told the Board of Parks and Recreation Tuesday night that closings indicate how seriously the staff takes the incidents. She said time was taken to attempt track down the "poopetrators," which drew a chuckle from board members.
In the past several weeks, an unknown individual or group, who students have dubbed the ‘poopetrator,’ has repeatedly defecated in students’ laundry, leaving many fearful about the safety of their clothes.
Noun: "(slang) a person who does not clean up after their dog when it defecates in public"
2012, Daniel J. Sullivan, letter to the editor, Philadelphia Inquirer, 24 February 2012:
All dog owners have had it happen where you're caught without a bag or your dog decides to go twice, but if you live in the city and you constantly let your dog drop pearls without picking them up, then you are a filthy pig, probably raised by filthy pigs, and your children will more than likely grow up to be filthy pigs!
If the city is in financial hardship, let it form a special task force, a "Poop Squad" to enforce existing laws and fine the "poopetrators"!
2012, letter to the editor, The Mercury (Pottstown, Pennsylvaina), 7 March 2012:
Me and my wife started up a poop squad in our development and it’s been so successful catching the poopetrators who are not cleaning up their dog waste.
Noun: "(slang) an animal which produced a specific piece of feces"
2006, Mark St. John Erickson, "It's Go Time!", Daily Press (Newport News, Virginia), 26 May 2006:
Kids can become serious scat trackers in "Who Dung It?" -- an interactive quiz that challenges them to match six examples of poop taken from the wild to a slate of suspected animal poopetrators.
2009, "What's Happening At The Libraries", The Oscar (Ottawa South Community Association Review), Year 37, Number 37, July/August 2009, page 44:
Chief Bottom, Dung Detective has found a mysterious coprolite, and needs your help to identify the poopetrator.
