2007-11-08 07:42:32 · 13 answers · asked by Dinky 1 1 in Pets ➔ Cats
If you do not claim the bodies they usually go to your local dump.
Added;
So when you go by your local dump and say it smells like someone died. It really may be death you smell
2007-11-08 07:45:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
I worked in several pet hospitals..all in California ane NO we never sold out bodies to anyone. Not sure what the heck you are talking about. Owners would request cremation of their dead pets...they could have a private cremation (only their pet-and the remains would be returned), or they could go for a less expensive route of having their pet cremated with other dogs if it was a dog, or other cats if it was a cat. If they did not want the remains back then we would pay a company to come and pick them up and cremate them. Animals would stay in a big freezer until pick up..but no 50 gallon drums.
2007-11-08 14:17:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends. Years ago it was happening here in ND. The vets sold the remains. I've had 2 cats put down in the last 10 years. The first one was give to a farmer, through the vet, to be buried. The one a couple of years ago, set to a pet cremation service.
I make sure what the vet does with the bodies..I refuse to let them go to schools to be dissected.
You have to ask,
2007-11-08 07:52:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have never worked at a hospital that did not use a cremation service for euthanized and deceased pets. I don't know where these stories come from, but it is illegal to 'dump' carcasses of any kind in the garbage or in a landfill. There are laws regulating the correct disposal of animals who have died or been euthanized. Believe it or not, it's actually not technically legal in California to take your deceased pet and bury it at home.
For all our patients who are euthanized, whose owners are not going to bury them at home, we add a charge for 'aftercare' (cremation) to the bill. Every week the cremation service comes and takes all the deceased patients from our storage freezer and cremates them at their facility. Those clients who wish to keep the pet's ashes may do so, as well, and after the pet is cremated, the service delivers their ashes to us in a cedar box.
2007-11-08 08:30:04 · answer #4 · answered by JeN 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i work at a vet clinic.
if the owner doesn't want their dead pet anymore, then we bury them in a huge pit behind the property - the clinic is out in the country.
if the family does want them then they can take them, or we have a burial service and we'll bury them in a custom made coffin and everything.
i know that places like pounds, when they put down animals they sell them to companies that then prep them and resell them to schools for dissection purposes, especially colleges and universities. that way they're not being wasted, they can be used for educational purposes so future doctors and vets will know what they're doing on live animals.
2007-11-08 07:49:47 · answer #5 · answered by Wallflower 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Our vet has an agreement with a local cremator, all bodies go to the cremation place and are disposed of that way.
Ask your vet what they do.
2007-11-08 13:10:37 · answer #6 · answered by Elaine M 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's possible, but you can request the body to bury in your backyard. If you do not have a backyard, I suggest asking a friend or relative who does if you can bury your cat there.
2007-11-08 07:47:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
ahm, do you not take your pet home and bury it yourself? ive taken every pet (thankfully only about 3 have needed a vet)home to be buried.couldnt imagine not....
2007-11-08 07:50:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so. I know that the vets office at my store doesn't do anything of the sort.
2007-11-08 07:48:15 · answer #9 · answered by Kaylyn 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
god i hope not thats just horriabale to even think about.
2007-11-08 08:25:00 · answer #10 · answered by Cathy J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋