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A portable and easily handled collection device is manually carried by a person walking a dog and a disposable container which forms a part of the collection device is positioned beneath the dog when it haunches for excrement. The droppings are caught in the disposable container instead of falling o

A portable and easily handled collection device is manually carried by a person walking a dog and a disposable container which forms a part of the collection device is positioned beneath the dog when it haunches for excrement. The droppings are caught in the disposable container instead of falling on the ground. The disposable container is easily removed from the collection device and discarded as waste in a suitable sanitary manner. The collection device comprises a foldable handle and means at one end of the handle for releasably supporting a disposable container.

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Apparatus for disposing of animal waste comprising a handle, a support frame fixed to one end of the handle, a disposable bag having a closed end and an open end carried by said frame, means releasably supporting the bag with its open end around the frame and its closed end beneath the frame, said h

Apparatus for disposing of animal waste comprising a handle, a support frame fixed to one end of the handle, a disposable bag having a closed end and an open end carried by said frame, means releasably supporting the bag with its open end around the frame and its closed end beneath the frame, said handle including an operative end portion and a free end portion, means pivotally connecting the said portions of the handle at their proximate ends, said means releasably supporting the bag comprising a rim extending above the support frame and about the open end portion of a bag carried by said frame and a retaining ring extending about the rim and frictionally pressing the open end portion of the bag against the outer surface of the rim, a cover pivotally mounted on the handle and movable into closed position covering the open end of the bag, and means for moving the cover into open position responsive to unfolding the handle toward its extended position.