Why? I am in dog rescue, and I certainly feel for the thousands of homeless animals killed each day. But once you are are dead, your body is just a carcass. Why is cremation a "better" solution? Why dispose of carcasses in a way that adds to the pollution and costs valuable energy, without giving back anything? How is that more noble, or in any way preferable to a disposal method that helps reduce pollution, and gives energy back, that helps the environment and humanity? I am sorry, I just do not get it. If someone cares and wants to bury their pet, great. And then this is a non issue anyway. But for those who simply turn the body over to the vet to dispose of, or for those animals in shelters who were unwanted and unloved in the first place, how in God's name is cremation any better? Quite the opposite, I see this as a much more noble end, a way for their deaths to actually have some real meaning. Of course I would rather see them have good loving homes. But that isn't happening. And I see no respect or honor in a faceless, nameless cremation. I would gladly give my dogs over for this sort of disposal, both my rescues and my personal dogs. I know they would all chose the path that helped humans, if they were given the choice. And I can honor their memory in a lot better ways than an urn with some sort of "ashes" in it on my mantle. Lorraine wrote: >That is absolutely disgusting, I hope someone is going to do something about this person.....my two camping kitties would also be disgusted.... > > > -- Marc Sayer Journalist, Photographer, Dog Trainer (APDT member #062956) Board member - Western States Great Dane Rescue Association Director of Operations & Training - Deaf Dane Rescue Inc. Springfield, OR USA My Homepage - http://gracieland.org Deaf Dane Rescue Homepage - http://gracieland.org/DaneRescue/
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