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R Mercer's avatar

There are usually rules/laws but a lot of people ignore them. Pretty much all of our animals were buried on our property through my childhood. We switched to cremation a few years back.

My father, to my knowledge, shot exactly one of our pets. The dog was old (16-17 years old) and had a devastating stroke. He and that dog were VERY close. He loved that dog. He thought it was more fitting/caring/appropriate that he deal with it than some vetinarian.

Totally different situation and motivation from what Noem did.

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Cindy's avatar

There is a deeply moving scene in one of Louise Penney’s novels referencing that kind of event. The locals referred to it as a “beer walk”. It always makes me cry.

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R Mercer's avatar

Writing that actually brought tears to my eyes, so ya.

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