the london borough of barking and dagenham wants dog owners to submit a dna sample from the inside of the animal 's cheek so it is registered on a database that the council hopes that the collection of dna samples would fit well with new national laws requiring all owners in britain to microchip their dogs by april next year .
the move is believed to be 99.9 per cent accurate that the council leader councillor darren rodwell claims they are necessary to clean up the borough .