She’s gotta do what she’s gotta doo doo.
A Manhattan model has been dubbed the “Poop Fairy” for taking matters into her own hands after the recent snow melting revealed piles of dog crap littering the concrete jungle.
Olivia Bannerman has been slowly carving her Upper West Side enclave out of a “poopmageddon” caused by lazy dog owners who took advantage of the weeks-long Artic freeze.
“It’s abhorrent. It’s crazy!” Bannerman told The Post about the state of Riverside Park, her favorite spot to walk her Golden Retriever, Violet.
“It feels like I hardly made a dent.”
With rolls of doggie bags in hand and a positive attitude, Bannerman has been clearing sections of her beloved greenspace at least twice per day in a task she’s likened to a disturbing “Easter egg hunt.”
Riverside Park is so overwhelmed with the animal waste that it takes the 28-year-old just 15 minutes to go through an entire doggie roll of doggie bags, which typically come in packs of 15.
“It drives you crazy because you’re running out of bags and you’re walking home and you’re seeing dozens and dozens of piles of poop and you’re like, ‘Oh my God, I need more bags!’ But bags are expensive,” said Bannerman, a software designer who moonlights as a model.
The poop problem started well before Bannerman stepped into her roll as the “Poop Fairy” — a term first coined by then-Council Member Erik Bottcher who was begging his constituents to clean up after their dog because there was no mystical being that would do it for them.
Dog owners were obnoxiously leaving the droppings behind in an apparent attempt to hide it beneath the inches of snow dumped on the five boroughs last month, which then solidified the waste in a disgusting layer of ice.
There were a whopping 643 dog waste calls made to the city’s 311 reporting system citywide between Jan. 25’s snowstorm and Tuesday — a nearly 94% increase in the 332 complaints made during the same period in 2025 and a startling 160% increase from just two weeks prior.
But rather than complain, Bannerman decided to step up and be a steward of her community — a job she feels compelled to complete as a recent “transplant” to the Big Apple.
“I wasn’t born here, but I am here occupying space, taking advantage of everything it has to offer. And we are a very densely populated community. Whether we admit it or not, all the actions that we take as individuals affect the rest of us,” she explained.
“I just feel like this is my way of doing my part of giving back to my city. It’s not selfless. In turn, I get to walk around a slightly poop-less area. But I think that it’s just important that we remember that we’re all connected.”
In recent days, she’s taken to social media to shame the dirty dog owners who are too lazy to perform the task themselves — and request compensation for doing their work for them.
Several neighbors have dubbed Bannerman the “Poop Fairy” for her work, a title she has since come to accept.
“I think I might be the Poop Fairy! I’m out there every day picking up poop!” Bannerman said.
“It’s not a glamorous title by any means, but I think the work that I’m doing is important, so I’ll take it anyway.”
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