If you live in the city and your pet dies, where do you dispose of its body?

You can bring it to a vet I think, and they take care of it.

Even if your vet won’t take care of a pet’s body when the pet hasn’t died at their office, they can always refer you to someone who can deal with it. There are lots of services for pet cremation that send Fluffy back in a little box or urn for your mantle…
Are your pets OK? Was this just curiosity?

@JilltheTooth Just curiosity. I saw a twitter post that said “It’s bad enough that my dog died, now I can’t find a toilet big enough to flush him down” and I thought of the question.

My vet has a pet cemetery

Thank you so much, everyone. I was dying to know this. Hahaha.

In my town they have companies that will cremate your pet’s remains and then you can keep them or scatter them on your own.

Most vets will provide a similar service.

We also have some cemetaries that are specifically for pets.

A friend of mine, who was a ceramic artist, actually had his dog’s remains cremated and then he turned the ashes into a ceramic glaze and made an art piece memorial.

Another friend of mine said that when her dog goes, she, also a ceramic artist, will have the remains made into some memorial “stepping stones” to put in her garden.

In Chicago, when my cat was suffering, I took her to the vet and they gave her a lethal injection. She died in my arms but I have no idea how they handled the body.

Also I can call 311 and the city will remove a dead animal.

RIP ReRe. I loved that cat!

The same as people who love rural.
Many places do not allow you to bury your animals on your property anymore. If you are in rural area, it would more than likely get dug ug by other animals anyway. I suppose a hamster in a shoe box might be ok, but there are many options in either city or rural.
Pet cemetery, cremation, etc.

We have pet cemetaries & crematories available through our vet’s office or we can just drive out to them.

In either case, we can choose public or private. If you choose private cremation then you can choose to save the remains and have them delivered to you in a box, urn or another vessel.

Lately, we’ve chosen private cremation, even though we live on about an acre…It’s a little daunting taking your animal to the vet to have them euthanized…then drive back with the body and bury.

My dog was cremated and his ashes were returned to us.

@janbb Actually, my sister did that with her cat.

@JLeslie Fairly common around here for either.

The local animal shelter used to provide disposal as a free service. People were under the impression their pets were being cremated but actually it turned into something of a scandal when it was discovered that dumpster loads were being carted out to the landfill instead, as a money saving effort. Outraged citizens called for the director’s head on a platter and the new director promised it would never happen again (they have cremation facilities) but it would no longer be free. They lost a lot of community trust and now that they charge almost as much as private facilities, most people opt for other businesses to take care of this.
Any compassionate vet will arrange for pickup and handle the details with the crematorium. I have the ashes of several of my pets. Kept small amounts and scattered the rest.

We had our “girl” cremated. Her ashes are in a nice decorative wooden box on our china cabinet along with a picture of her on top and her favorite toy lying in front. It has been almost 10 years and my wife still says goodnight to her every evening.

As this happened to me a few years back, I put my dead dog in a hand made casket, drove it out to his favorite pond out in the country and buried him next to his favorite oak tree (I presume it was his favorite considering the amount of times he pissed on that old stump). Rest in peace buddy, you were an idiot, but the best damn idiotic talking dog I could have ever asked for.