For many people, pets like dogs and cats are important companions in life. This happens to the animals after their death if you do not choose to be buried.
- Animal burial is popular in the Offenbach district
- Many want cremation
- This happens to dogs and cats if you leave them at the vet
Dietzenbach - For years, dogs, cats, birds and turtles have accompanied their owners through good and bad times. It helps a lot if the friend with fur or feather has a place where the animal can be remembered after his death.
Animal burial: Cheap cremation or expensive diamond ring made from dogs and cats
This is where the animal burial team Pax Animalis from Dietzenbach comes into play, who not only cremates the beloved pet, but often also takes care of the mourning: "Some people come to us when the animals are at an advanced age and inquire about them different options, ”reveals Carsten Weber, owner of Pax Animalis. The animal undertaker is based in Dietzenbach with an advice center, the company's headquarters are in Darmstadt. There is also the crematorium where the animals are cremated.
Managing Director Antonino Romano presents the most unusual kind of burial for a pet. For this, the ashes are pressed into a diamond.
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Their owners have the choice between cheaper cremation with other animals or more expensive, individual cremation. In the latter, a fireproof refractory brick is added to the body of the animal so that the ashes can be assigned without a doubt at the end. Cremation costs around 58 euros for a small animal like a rabbit and 300 euros for a large dog.
The beloved dog or cat as a diamond ring: animal burial is also exclusive
If you like it even more exclusive, you can also have the ashes of your loyal companion pressed into a diamond with a carat. This can then be attached to a ring or chain. "A diamond like this costs around 2000 euros, we get such orders two to three times a month," says owner Weber.
When dogs, cats, hamsters or canaries cross the rainbow bridge, love of animals often extends beyond death. More and more keepers have their animal cremated and buried: https://t.co/OtjT6kojh2 (RN +) #dortmund #tierbestattung #tierfriedhof #tierliebe pic.twitter.com/ODvLOT3sIQ
- RN Dortmund (@RN_DORTMUND) January 29, 2019For example, if the pet is left at the veterinarian after being put to sleep, it usually ends up in a carcass disposal facility. The beloved four-legged friend is processed there with injured wild animals and slaughterhouse waste. In the end, animal proteins or animal fats are obtained, which are mixed with biodiesel, among other things. This is one of the reasons why many pet owners choose to have their deceased favorite buried.
Animal burial in the Offenbach district: Pax Animalis incarcerates so many animals each month
Pax Animalis employees cremate an average of 800 animals each month. It also gets emotional for the team, as Managing Director Antonino Romano reports: “There was once a woman with us who had lost her son. For her, his dog was a living memory of her son. When the dog died, it was for the woman as if her son had died a second time. It takes a lot out of you. "
That is why, according to Antonino Romano, it is also very important that his employees are made for the profession of animal undertaker. Empathy for people is crucial. "Either you have it naturally or not." The managing director sees the fulfillment of the owners as particularly fulfilling: "It is nice to support someone. You usually get to know people from a completely different - very emotional - side. "
BY LUKAS REUS
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