Recently in Louisville Kentucky a Pet Cremation and burial service has just opened up. They have a chapel that seats 50 people and a cremation window where you can watch the cremation of your pet. Many funeral homes also offer this same type of low cost cremation funeral service available for humans.
This is not really a low cost funeral service for your pet. The low cost funeral for the pet is still the "no cost" backyard burial with your own ceremony. I do not recommend burial in your backyard for humans. This is not an advisable low cost funeral. It arouses suspicion and in most places quite illegal.
If you would like to see the article on Pet cremations and burials you can go here and find out more:
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080121/BUSIN...
If you are really attached to your pet, this may be the way to go. It is more desirable than the dumpster at the veterinarians
office.
The idea of a pet cremation and cemetery service is not new. A book copyrighted in 1948, first brought the concept of the pet cemetery to our attention with the pet cemetery "The Happy Hunting Ground"
In the past year I have gone back to this book ;"The Loved One" by Evelyn Waugh.
and discovered it influenced my choice of a becoming a funeral director.. This is true entertainment on funerals.. This book is quite prophetic. Last year I attended a lecture for Funeral Directors on Pet Cemeteries. I immediately recalled this book and the Happy Hunting Ground.
Reading about "The Happy Hunting Ground" a fictional employer mentioned in the Loved One" was quite a fun read . The book a second time around .(I first read it in the 1970's) was great. Be forewarned, the work is a brutal introduction to the details of what goes on in funerals, both for pets and humans.(Disclaimer: I, Restinpeace and your funeral guy are not responsible for the content and have no financial interest in "The Loved One")
That said everyone should find this book particularly funny.
There are some more cultural points of interest here. Funeral Directors and Grief Counselors today refer to a family's
deceased person as your loved one. Please do not be shocked if you hear this term when negotiating a lower cost funeral.
In our culture backyard funerals for pets are OK. They are not OK or legal for humans. No cost funerals are generally not acceptable, but the funeral industry and the culture.are moving that way. Many people who speak to me
privately state that the fair price for a low cost funeral is a a no cost funeral. To all people and all pets who are no longer alive, Rest in Peace.
I do not recommend burial in your backyard for humans. This is not an advisable low cost funeral. It arouses suspicion and in most places quite illegal.
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That made my day.
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I'd be dead. I don't care what my family does to me. The funeral is for them, not me.
I'd be content with laminating my death certificate and tossing me in a giant hole with it.
As for Mo my Yorkshire Terrier? Buried in the back yard will do. Right next to the Rabbit hole under the shed that she constantly stares at, waiting for the rabbit to come out and play. (Yes, they play.)
Rest in peace
yourfuneralguy
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In United Kingdom, deceased individuals can be buried in In a biodegradable casket in a special cemetery called a green cemetery. A hole in a green cemetery is actually not far from a hole in the backyard. As alluded to foul play has to be prevented. This is a big reason why licensed funeral directors care for bodies, and doctors, funeral directors, medical examiners, and coroners, sign death certificates.
Yes indeed.
My half-brother jokes about wanting to be stuffed and kept in the home.
Hold up...
As alluded to foul play has to be prevented. This is a big reason why licensed funeral directors care for bodies, and doctors, funeral directors, medical examiners, and coroners, sign death certificates.
So it's foul play when a doctor/medical examiner/coroner handles a body? And funeral directors can sign death certificates? That probably scares me more than the first...
~C
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Rest in peace
yourfuneralguy
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Foul play is not permitted by and Prevented by Funeral Directors, Medical Examiners, Doctor's and Coroners signing Death Certificates...
But not always. Sometimes they screw up.
Funeral Directors in all states except by the State of Colorado( last time time I checked) are Required by LAW To Sign Death Certificates to verify a death occurred,.
Funeral Directors in all but 2 states are regulated by a National Licensing Board and Just like doctors are regulated by state licenses.
Hope this clears it up.
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The was your reply is written then (or at least the way I'm reading it) is that funeral directors handle bodies to prevent foul play, and medical examiners/doctors/coroners only sign the death certificate to prevent foul play.
I apologize for misreading you.
And... go Colorado.
~C
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Rest in peace
yourfuneralguy
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Yes, it is true funeral directors handle bodies to prevent foul play.
In wrongful and accidental deaths Medical Examiners, and Coroners also handle the body to prevent foul play.
Depending upon the Governing authority Medical Examiners, and Coroners also sign death certificates.
Again in most states in the USA Funeral Directors sign death certificates validating death and disposition of the deceased, usually cremation or burial or burial at sea.
For a death to be legal a doctor has to sign with the cause of death. It is a good thing they do as some funeral directors are lacking in integrity....which is one of the main reasons I post on this subject of lower cost funerals.
I appreciate your questions. As you can see I am passionate about this issue and passion sometimes get in the way of clarity.
An example from the News: " On the Record" on Fox News has been following the Stacie Peterson disappearance. The Husband a Police Sargent in Illinois whose 2nd
wife died is now a homicide suspect in the bath tub death of his second wife. An alert
Coroner and Funeral Director could have done more to ensure a proper investigation
of the death of the second wife ( the first time)and maybe Stacie Peterson would not have gone missing. This has been a hot news story for several months.
An Honest funeral director needs sometimes to knock on a police door for a proper investigation. In some situations I have had to do this.
They don't throw animals in the dumpster at the vet... that wouldn't be cost effective.
They cremate them.
Mass cremation, sure, but they cremate them nonetheless.
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Rest in peace
yourfuneralguy
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Yes, It is true pets and other animals can end up in the garbage or the dumpster.
It is cost effective to toss them in the garbage.
Hope this is not too shocking.
Backyard burial of the pet is the best way to
Say goodbye to a pet.
But it is unsanitary.
At least three veterinary offices that I have experience with (which are all different sizes and have all sorts of different incomes and completely different clients) have cremators (not sure what those things are called, sorry, lol) and they cremate the animals before throwing them in the dumpster. Those places I have experience with wouldn't dream of throwing a limp, dead animal into a dumpster in the back.
I didn't say it was illegal... they just don't do it.
At least the ones I have experience with.
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yourfuneralguy
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Laws on the disposal of pets and pet cremation vary from state to state and county to county and sometimes from city to city. Practices vary from veterinarian to veterinarian. I am glad that you have had good experiences with vets.
Laws differ on the disposal of human remains from state to state and county to county.
Some states allow hospitals to have crematories for human fetuses.
Some states license crematories to people other than funeral directors. Most states do not.
To complicate things there are even different laws on the disposal of hazardous materials.......let alone the disposal of bio-hazardous waste.
It is all a big political social mess. We all have different ideas , values and experiences with death. It is true for both animals and humans.
In spite of all the progress of mankind....we have no answer to the question:
What happens when we die?
RestinPeace.
Hm. Thanks for sharing :-)
I definitely am glad that in my city/county/whoever makes the pet disposal law doesn't allow our vets to throw our babies into dumpsters.
Although I've always buried mine in my backyard...
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