Pet cleaning utensil

A cleaning utensil suited for pet cleanup, which includes:

• scoop having a bottom panel, having a back edge, side edges, and a leading edge, upwardly extending side walls connected to said side edges and an upwardly extending rear wall connected to said back edge and interconnecting said side walls, each said side wall having an inwardly extending detent surface;
• and
• a stopper which includes a panel having a trailing edge, a leading forward edge, a-two lateral spaced edges spanning a width between said upwardly extending side walls and wherein said panel is of a thickness to be removably received between said detent surface in a manner to be frictionally held in position by said detent surface and when so held, said trailing edge is disposed adjacent said upwardly extending rear wall and said leading forward edge extends beyond said leading edge of said bottom panel to readily permit manual grasping of said leading forward edge for separation and removal of said stopper from said scoop.