in Colombia, the same number of burials for humans as for animals. Personalized tombstones for Coqui or Pelusita, cemeteries for dogs, hamsters or even chickens… Offer postmortem For pets, it’s a job in a country that goes out of its way for one more family member.
As Darwin, his parents, and his brothers embrace distraught in front of the two officers who buried Dominic’s cardboard coffin, French bulldog puppy Sombra jogs up and down the graves of the Funeravet pet cemetery on the outskirts of La Calera. of Bogota.
Dominic died a few days ago after a seizure at just three years old, but despite his young age, Darwin has been a key support for Cárdenas: “He was a good dog and everyone deserves it, good or bad. Have a funeral worthy of remembering.” young man to EFE.
He has chosen to bury him, and they will soon set a tombstone worthy of his canine “son” to compare him to the rest of the world. windmills, worn toys or graves with reminders of dogs, cats and other animals. They attend 28 to 35 rituals a day at this company, but the majority opt for mass cremation, which is the cheapest.
Specialized company since 2001
Funeravet started in 2001 by seeing the need for veterinary clinics because no one had good pet management“, explains Francisco Moreno, veterinarian and marketing coordinator of this company.
“When a person dies a dog or a cat there was no clear provision; the law was not clear‘, Moreno explains to Efe, ‘so people have had to take themselves to the clinic and dispose of the anthropomorphic waste, or take the landlord and bury it in the house or throw it away’.
In fact, Darwin’s father, Edgar, tells Dominic, with whom he lives in his son’s house, that the first dog in the family fell into the river, ashamed and still puffy from crying.
“Before, since none of this happened, you did what you saw from your parents; I didn’t see it very well, but we threw it into the river,” she admits. It has always been a burden to her, but her son, after seeing cardboard coffin It’s airy to be buried says: “Now I can be calm.”
wake up for animals
In one of the Bogota offices Capillas La Fe, one of the main funeral homes in ColombiaThey hold two funerals; In a smaller annex, Tony and Martina’s bodies lie in two coffins, while family groups enter and exit the main building, where grandparents, uncles, or friends hold their burial.
At this time, only César Pachón came to bid farewell to Martina, who had been and accompanied the family pet for 13 years and had just died of cancer, dressed as a bicycle: “It’s difficult, because one remembers so many moments. tenderly.
After a while, the family comes and as soon as they see Martina, they come through the door. the glass of the coffin burst into tears. “They fixed it well,” says César’s mother consolingly.
Whether it’s for funerals like Martina’s or more discreet services like cremation, this funeral home attends about 1,300 animal rites per month. “Right now we serve the same number of pets as human services“, says Johana Estrada, operations manager of Capillas La Fe. They even served hamsters, guinea pigs or chickens.
Estrada explains that in Colombia, roughly 70 out of every 100 families have pets that have become almost children. therefore, “There is a need for an honorable burial in the same conditions and with the same humanity as a service to the people”.
César doesn’t believe that “humanizing an animal” is all that necessary, but after all these years, after so much love and friendship, “deserves it”. “Another member of the family,” he sums up, and deserves a farewell at the zenith of all the good times he’s had in his life.
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Source: Informacion
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