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What happens to the remains of dogs, cats, etc after they die?

I was just wondering...a friend of mine told me that they made their remains into dog food..i was like eww...i dont think thats true. I love animals and i know this question sounds gross but i just reallyt wanna know

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They rot and decay in a hole in the ground
Depends. Animals shelters fire up the grill and make hot dogs!
my beloved pets are in my garden with a nice flower garden there in memory of all the good times they gave me, are you talking about wild dogs and cats
wow... I don't really have a nice answer for this. I guess that depends on where the animal expired. I do know that 30 years ago when I worked for a shelter and the animals that were put to sleep were trucked off once a month or so and made into fertilizer. YUCK!
If you have your dog put to sleep the vet who does it will most likely cremate is (forgive my spelling) or you can have the dog or cat burrried. You can also take your pet's remains home if you wish but it will cost ya, and it's kinda weird.
Of course not! If your animal is put down by a veterinarian they usually give you the choice of cremating or taking it home for burial. Your friend is just full of nonsense.
You can bury them and some people get them cremated.
If the pet is taken to a shelter, I think that they are cremated. If one dies at someones house, they are usually buried, though fish are buried 'at sea,' using the toilet. If someone with a truck that has a pet food name on the side of it pulls up, don't you be fooled in to giving up Fido or Snowball or Duckiepoo! I don't think that they have a nice burial plot for your pet. No matter what they say! And before anyone thinks that I am just goofy? I had a dog companion for 19 years. I thought, before she passed on 'What would Bumper care, what ever is done with the body after she passes on?' I buried Bumper and planted a rose bush over her body. Now I have a 'Bumper' load of roses, whenever they come into season! And I buried her, not because of what she would have thought. It was for the remembrance of Bumper. Which I get to do when ever I see her champagne colored roses bloom. Because she was a champagne colored dog. I get to remember her every year and smile and say, 'Good roses! GOOD ROSES! Yes you are! YES YOU ARE!' And yes, I do leak at the eyes a bit, now and then. In a sad but no longer shoulder shaking kind of way. And like she was sweet, they are the sweetest reminder of her that I could ever think of. Which may sound weird, but I don't really care! I hope that this helps you!
well, when my dad's dog died, he buried him in the ground, and then he decayed becoming fertilizer for the soil, burying dogs is good if you want to grow a garden over their burial site
my pets are in a grave in my yard with beautiful flowers around them
Sadly, some do wind up in dog food. Read the book "Foods Pets Die For". It is really scary. Whenever we have a pet that dies, we take them home and bury them in our field. This way I know where they are. We have a lovely spot under an oak tree where 3 of our dogs are buried side by side. I planted tulips and paperwhites around them. They are happy in heaven together.
Not in england for sure. When a vet puts the animal down you are usually given the chioce of taking it home to bury or cremation.This is a mass cremation or you pay a bit more and have your pet cremated on its own and keep the ashes.
I know what happened to my jack I brought him home and he has his own little grave site out in our back yard picket fence and all
... ever wonder why the chicken in the chinese store always so tender and glossy? haa its a delicacy in some asian parts like the Philippines. (for the record i have 3 dogs I don’t think I would consider having them a'la grille)
Their remains are not made into dog food, animals that die at home are normally buried in the garden, that's what happened to my pets when I was a child, anything from a dog to a hamster. When my Lab died at the vets, they had her cremated and I have her ashes in a little urn on a shelf, I did think of putting her in the garden with a nice flower bed around her urn but if I move I wouldn't be able to take her with me, so she stays on a shelf where I can see her every day.
actually and unfortenitly yes http://www.thedogfoodconspiracy.com/dog-food-secrets.php?hop=license1
well there are two ways and totally depends on your attachment with it, if u loved it & treat it as a member of your family than drain it into holy river as what we usually do after death or u can burry it nearby and make a remmembrable end for your love one....
There are several things that can happen. When my mother had her dog put down the vet had her dog cremated, there are pet cemeteries, land fill will take some animal carcasses, and some people bury them on their property. I don't know of any practice of putting dog and cat remains into dog food.
They are not used as dog food. I believe most shelters have their deceased animals cremated. It is cost effective and necessary if it was a diseased animal. If it is a pet, you either bury it on your own property or have your animal cremated through your vet. At that point you have the choice to have your pet's ashes returned to you for safekeeping or burial. These are usually group cremations and there is no guarantee that the ashes you get back are actually your pet's ashes. You can pay for a single cremation, but that is very costly. Personally, we have 36 acres of wooded land in the northern part of our state and my beloved pets are buried there, next to one another with room for the pets we will have to say goodbye to over the years. They have matching grave markers and my husband keeps the graves mowed and we have beautiful flowers planted on each grave.
Unless you live in the country and bury them, then they are usually cremated.
if it's your pet, then it all depends on what you do with the remains. You can either bury them yourself, have them buried in a pet cemetary, or have them cremated, like I just did with my kitty. At the shelter however, some shelters will just do a mass burial out in a field somewhere, and toss all of them in. Other shelters sell the bodies to animal feed companies, where yes, they are turned into things like dog food. If you ever pick up a bag of dog food, and one of the ingredients is simply "meat", it is likely that the "meat" is deceased dogs from shelters.
Depends upon where they die. Vets usually pay for disposal or cremation (though sometimes they may go into the "medical waste" or a garbage disposal. It is indeed true that some animals that die go into the rendering process. Check your dog food ingredients. If it says "meat by-products" than you're talking ether the parts of animals that they can't find other uses for (chicken claws, beaks, feathers) or dead pets (cats, horses and dogs) or the carcasses of dead/diseased animals (usually cattle, sometimes sheep) that can't be legally fed to humans. That's why you want to go to www.dogfoodanalysis.com and see how your food is rated (get only a 5 or 6 star-rated dog food), check the list of ingredients and avoid any generic "meat" (protein should be specifically labeled like "salmon" or "lamb") and especially "byproducts" (either generic "meat byproducts" or a specific animal like "chicken byproducts").