How are the bodies of animals disposed of at the vet's office after they have died? My son asked me and I assume they are just thrown away. We are just curious. Serious answers only, please.
2006-11-19 15:21:18 · 10 answers · asked by kalamibe 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Often cremated, or buried if you want to pay for it. They cannot legally just "throw them away" because of health issues. People do just bury them, but a singular animal in the ground is no worse than those animals dieing in the wild.
However, if you want to read something gross:
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Sadly, many end up as rendered food products for other animals:
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“It's not illegal, although most progressive animal control facilities do not ‘render” their homeless animals. Many grocery store pet food brands use rendered meat, including Nutro, Ken-L-Ration and Pro-Plan. The rendering plant is one of many different suppliers of ingredients for pet food, and the key contract for the city of LA Animal Services 'waste disposal.'
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2006-11-19 15:23:44 · answer #1 · answered by gare 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My dog passed awa not too long ago and this is usually the way it works.
If you want your pet cremated and would like the ashes back, thwy will hold what is called a private cremation and return the ashes to you.
If you want your pet cremated but do not want the ashes back, they will cremate him with other animals that have passed and dispose of the ashes.
If you want your dog burried in a cemetary, you can either take him in or have someone pick him up with the latter being a bit more expensive depending on gas mielage etc.
Sometimes, depending on the cause of death, animal services will come to your door to handle the death of your pet at no charge.
If you live in the outskirts of town, and this law can depend on state to state, then you can burry your pet at a certain distance from both your home and any public facility that might be near by.
If your pet died of unknown or peculiar reasons, you can also have the vets donate him to science research where they will hold an autopsy etc.
This all depends see, on how your pet died etc, and what you want to do with his body.
Some people request the ashes back and then have them turned into a piece of jewelry like a ring or something small.
The cost of a private cremation depends on the weight of your dog. Some vet centers will charge up to $!.50 per pound.
I personally did not want my dog's ashes returned, so after I called the vet in for a private euthanization, I waited a few minutes to make sure that he had passed. The I called animal services and they arrived with two officers. I felt much better knwing that my doggy's death had been confirmed by more than one person.
I hope this helps you understand that there can be several things done to take care of the remains.
2006-11-19 23:33:06 · answer #2 · answered by geniusflightnurse 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the vets location & personal feelings of his clients "family members".
My family vet at home ( N.C) owned a pet graveyard & would bury "all" pets that were left at his office. They may not have recieved a personal plot or headstone as some private clients did. But they recieved a good-bye & it certainly did not include a trash can ( being throw away). I believe most vets either opt for similar situations or have contracts with local services similar to a creamatorium where the pets are incinerated. You could always ask your vet. I am sure the question would not offend & they might help alieviate some feelings of a choice you may have had to make in a difficult & painfull time.
2006-11-19 23:35:19 · answer #3 · answered by Turtle1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask your local city garbage pickup. Some places use them, and they just throw them in the dump. Also, ask your vet exactly their means of disposing of the animals, you have the right to know.
2006-11-19 23:31:22 · answer #4 · answered by doris_38133 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will depend on the clinic. I have heard of "group burial" and group cremation. Those are the most likely things I can think of. I doubt they could be given away for scientific purposes without the owner's consent.
2006-11-19 23:34:58 · answer #5 · answered by sweet_masquerade 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends where you are.. its different every where
some vets offices cremate them
some are taken to special areas at the garbage dump
some are returned to their owners so the owner can bury it...
*** LESS COMMON BELOW***
some are sold for disection specimines
some were sold to be rendered into lower quality pet food (a practice which is being stopped in most places)
2006-11-20 00:31:20 · answer #6 · answered by CF_ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had to have my dog put to sleep two weeks ago. The vet said that they have a spot of land where they just throw the carcuses ontop of eachother. I didnt like the sound of that so I had him cremated.
2006-11-19 23:24:57 · answer #7 · answered by nadia s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends, some pet owners opt to have the bodies returned. in some cases, when the bodies are left, they get incinerated.
2006-11-19 23:30:09 · answer #8 · answered by r-mean 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would think they are put in a incinerator. If they are put in the trash I would say wild animals would get in the trash.
2006-11-19 23:26:00 · answer #9 · answered by little_gizmo2004 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard some are donated to schools and stuff for dissecting but I am not 100% sure.
2006-11-19 23:25:52 · answer #10 · answered by pinkjiz 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋