Deeds Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-30/why-burying-your-pets-body-in-the-backyard-can-be-dangerous/104682136 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Gifts Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 I've got a dumb story relating to this. We had a big gauge out of our backyard (suburbs) due to a flooding incident. When my stafford boy passed I decided to take him home and bury him in the hole and get it filled back in. I used to live rural prior to that and burying your dogs at home was the norm. Fast forward quite some time and we had foster fail Stussy, also a pied stafford. She was only a couple of months old and came into the house one night with a huge bone. I asked my sister if she'd given it to her (nope) then I worried a neighbour had thrown it over the fence. Then I went all around the yard and found out poor Bundy had risen to the surface over time and she'd dug him up! Never again! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandgrubber Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 The article expresses an urban/infilled-suburban viewpoint. Getting to the nearest vet school would be at minimum an 8 hour drive. And if someone wanted dead pets for research, I'm sure a few notices to local vets would do the trick. The post office wouldn't be happy transporting a dead dog. I've never had any remains resurface. If you bury high on a gentle slope and cover with 600mm+ it's very unlikely. Ok the hole is deeper, but the legs stick up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdierikx Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 They have a point about burying animals that have been put to sleep by lethal injection. If the body breaks down and leaks Lethbarb into the soil... or worse still the water course... the implications could be nasty for small wildlife, or even for humans. That said, one of my Rottweilers died in our back yard, so no chemical assistance, and we buried her up in the back corner about a metre or so deep, with a piece of steel mesh fencing over the top of her to stop any upward movement, or digging by other dogs. She's still down there some 20 plus years later. T. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boronia Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 As I normally get (much) older Westies that have had a bit of a tough time the dog turnover here is more than a regular household, sooooo there are little graves around the garden, some have a tree on them and some have a big tree-stump or a giant terracotta pond. I dread to think what the new owners will do if we ever sell I'll need to draw a location map and include it with the contract! one tree stump and one terracotta pond... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asal Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 You raise a good point Boronia Over some 50 years thats quite a few dogs buried here, along with similar number of horses and cattle. Most old age, some injury or accident. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PercyWilliams Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 (edited) On 01/02/2025 at 1:55 AM, Boronia said: As I normally get (much) older Westies that have had a bit of a tough time the dog turnover here is more than a regular household, sooooo there are little graves around the garden, some have a tree on them and some have a big tree-stump or a giant terracotta pond. I dread to think what the new owners will do if we ever sell I'll need to draw a location map and include it with the contract! one tree stump and one terracotta pond... Burying pets in your backyard may seem like a natural choice, but it can pose environmental and health risks. Improper burial can lead to groundwater contamination or exposure to wildlife, potentially spreading diseases. Cremation or a licensed pet cemetery is often the safest and most respectful option. If you're researching environmental ethics and animal care and if you also thinking about who will write my essay you can visit https://oxessays.com/write-my-essay can assist with well-researched and scientifically backed arguments. OxEssays academic writers cover ethical and ecological concerns in depth. I feel you. Edited yesterday at 11:35 AM by PercyWilliams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Being buried does not guarrantee being dug up at some stage in the future for human or animal. E.g. Sydney Town Hall and Central railway station were built on the site of cemetries. I had two dogs buried in what was an established pet cemetry on a rural property because I knew I would be selling my current home at some stage. Trouble is the property was sold a number of times and the current owner no longer allows public access to tend the graves. In a 100 years the place will probably be subdivided for urban development. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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