Dead cat disposal

Tom44

Anybody know where you can get rid of a dead cat ?

She who has to be obeyed found one outside our house, nobody knows who own's it, but now its in a plastic bag out our back. We have no where to bury it.
Now Mr Wonderful has been told to sort it. :eek:
HELP !

Cork city.
Tom

Gamb!t

Ask the near by vet as I'm sure they have a process for removing dead animals.

Ludo

Brown/compost bin? In a bio-degradable bag maybe. Tis where I put all the mice our cat nicely brings to us. Prob not strictly allowed but sure plenty of other raw meat scraps go in as well.

Ludo

Gamb!t wrote: »

Ask the near by vet as I'm sure they have a process for removing dead animals.

Prob the right thing to do of course rather than my suggestion :pac:

Tom44

As it's not my cat, I'd prefer something cheap or free if possible.
Vets send animals off for incineration and return the ashes if you prefer. All which costs.

celica00

but a vet also takes them (into the freezer) and gone she is.
make sure to post a description of the cat on some lost and found pages in case someone misses her.

Also: if you explain it to the vet, he/she might wont even charge.
if you leave it outside in a bag a fox might gets it which is maybe a messy thing afterwards

mikeecho

Bin it

hairyslug

Went through the same thing myself, nearly stood on it when hanging out the washing, was told by the local SPCA to put it in the bin, but bag it, in this heat, it won't take long to smell a bit

Milly33

Just bury it someplace.. Nice of your Misses to pick it up.. Just dig a hole someplace and bury it..

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the beer revolu

Contact the city council.
They have afaik a free pet disposal service to stop people doing what is being suggested in this thread (ie binning or burying)

Tom44

Sorted.
Buried on a friends bit of land.


But saw this.
https://youtu.be/uJfM23iChzs

goochy

Grow some balls .

Shenshen

If you don't know who owns it I would have said bring it to a vet so they can find the owner via the microchip.

I guess the owners will keep guessing what happened to their pet now.

the beer revolu

Shenshen wrote: »

If you don't know who owns it I would have said bring it to a vet so they can find the owner via the microchip.

I guess the owners will keep guessing what happened to their pet now.

It's also illegal to bury pets on private or public land.

whisky_galore

the beer revolu wrote: »

It's also illegal to bury pets on private or public land.

Who is going to enforce that? The dead pet Police? :pac:

Just another toothless law that people ignore.

Gravelly

Throw it into the neighbours garden. Or cook it http://www.cookyourpet.com/frames_intro.htm

whisky_galore

Or this...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2154283/Cats-away-Artist-turns-dead-pet-flying-helicopter-killed-car.html

GrumpyMe

the beer revolu wrote: »

It's also illegal to bury pets on private or public land.

So you can't bury pets?

Gravelly

GrumpyMe wrote: »

So you can't bury pets?

Leave them on top of the ground. Be grand.

Loveinapril

OP, did you notify your local vets and try find the owners? I have lost cats and years later, I still don't know what happened to them. It is horrible. Myself and my husband have foubd two dead cats and went out of our way to find the owners. They really appreciated knowing what had happened. They also wanted to 'dispose' of the cat themselves.

gimmick

Gravelly wrote: »

Throw it into the neighbours garden. Or cook it http://www.cookyourpet.com/frames_intro.htm

I cannot stand my neighbour. Had I seen the OP earlier I would have given him his address and he could have disposed of it in his garden.

Even though I have not spoken to him in 2 years I'm pretty sure he would have hated had this happened.

Alternatively I could have given you his address and you could have dismembered the moggy and sent him pieces in the post every day for a week or so. He definitely would have hated this.

Even though I would be against dismembering any dead animal, I think his frown would be enough for me to disregard such principles.

mikeecho

the beer revolu wrote: »

It's also illegal to bury pets on private or public land.

That's the first I've heard of that.

Do you know what particular law /regulation states that ?

I'm gonna say none.. maybe some legislation under some agricultural act for disposal of farm animals, but not for cats and dogs.

celica00

mikeecho wrote: »

the beer revolu wrote: »

It's also illegal to bury pets on private or public land.

That's the first I've heard of that.

Do you know what particular law /regulation states that ?

I'm gonna say none.. maybe some legislation under some agricultural act for disposal of farm animals,  but not for cats and dogs.

mikeecho wrote: »

the beer revolu wrote: »

It's also illegal to bury pets on private or public land.

That's the first I've heard of that.

Do you know what particular law /regulation states that ?

I'm gonna say none.. maybe some legislation under some agricultural act for disposal of farm animals,  but not for cats and dogs.

its actually true but couldn't send you a reference/link now. i think in regards of drinking water etc.

the beer revolu

whisky_galore wrote: »

Who is going to enforce that? The dead pet Police? :pac:

Just another toothless law that people ignore.

As I stated earlier, local authorities will dispose of dead pets foc.

mikeecho

DSPCA suggest burying a pet as part of grieving process..

http://www.dspca.ie/PetLoss

whisky_galore

the beer revolu wrote: »

As I stated earlier, local authorities will dispose of dead pets foc.

Not everyone wants to send a dead pet to an incinerator.

Plus local authorities do not publicise the fact that they provide this service, it might as well not exist.

the beer revolu

whisky_galore wrote: »

Not everyone wants to send a dead pet to an incinerator.

Plus local authorities do not publicise the fact that they provide this service, it might as well not exist.

I hear you. I didn't know about the illegality of burying or the disposal service until after I buried my aunt's cat in her garden.

But the poster here, was informed of both facts and still buried the cat.

whisky_galore

the beer revolu wrote: »

But the poster here, was informed of both facts and still buried the cat.

Someone call the Guards.

CramCycle

the beer revolu wrote: »

It's also illegal to bury pets on private or public land.

It is not illegal, the animal must be buried at a certain depth and covered in most council areas.

I think the depth is around 3 or 4 foot but I will try and dig out the regs. Also not near water sources.

Gravelly

I wonder would a cat with rigor mortis fit in an average sized domestic stove? (asking for a friend).

the beer revolu

whisky_galore wrote: »

Someone call the Guards.

Very amusing. I wish I was that funny.

If you had read my posts you would see that I buried a cat on private land, myself.
However, had I known that it was not strictly legal and that the city council would have disposed of the cat for me, I would have availed of the service.

Tom44

Cats dead, cat's gone, lets move on.
Cat & tread is dead.
I done whats best in the circumstances.
Given the warm weather.

Person (owner) who fead the (stray) said it wasn't his, he only fed it for years !!

Why does everything be so argumentative here, I took responsibility for a situation that I wasn't responsible for and made the best judgment in the little time I had to sort it.

I asked for advice, got condemnation without any useful telephone numbers or links.
And caring advice and funny advice, which is all good and adds to the discussion.

Would all stone throwers be willing to except the next dead cat ?
I dought it !!!!!!



See ya
Tom

End of this discussion from me.

Shenshen

Tom44 wrote: »

Cats dead, cat's gone, lets move on.
Cat & tread is dead.
I done whats best in the circumstances.
Given the warm weather.

Person (owner) who fead the (stray) said it wasn't his, he only fed it for years !!

Why does everything be so argumentative here, I took responsibility for a situation that I wasn't responsible for and made the best judgment in the little time I had to sort it.

I asked for advice, got condemnation without any useful telephone numbers or links.
And caring advice and funny advice, which is all good and adds to the discussion.

Would all stone throwers be willing to except the next dead cat ?
I dought it !!!!!!



See ya
Tom

End of this discussion from me.

Well, the first reply you got was to contact a vet - without knowing where you are, it seems a bit much to expect people to provide you with phone numbers.

The condemnation started when you decided that you didn't want to do the responsible thing and bury the cat instead.

But yes, next time you find a dead cat, please do bring it round. I work with an animal charity, we often get called to dead animals (usually victims of traffic), and our first step is always to contact a vet to find out if we can locate an owner who might want to know what happened. If not, the vet disposes of the body.

beer enigma

How did we get three pages on a dead cat ?

mikeecho

beer enigma wrote: »

How did we get three pages on a dead cat ?

Would have got 33pgs if the op had posted in AH

Gravelly

beer enigma wrote: »

How did we get three pages on a dead cat ?

If it's a big cat it can take quite a bit to wrap it up.

Roger Hassenforder

Would people car more if it was a dead dog? Not a feckin terrier, but a proper dog?

Gravelly

Roger Hassenforder wrote: »

Would people car more if it was a dead dog? Not a feckin terrier, but a proper dog?

If it's a labrador, I wouldn't be rushing off to bury it - they taste like lamb apparently:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1510249/Ill-have-a-badger-with-flies-please.html