Saying Goodbye to your Pet

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Saying Good-bye to your Pet

• John Lam
• Victor Li
• Queeny Suen
• Carole Mok
• Vivian Poon

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Saying Good-bye to your Pet

• How will the body of the pet be handled?
• How to commemorate the death of the pet?

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Background
BodyHandling

• Closure of incinerating centre for animals in
  1999
• Animals without owners - sent to landfills by
  Agriculture, Fisheries, and Conservation
  Department
• Troubles to pet lovers
• Rubbish???
• Setting up of private pet hospice care companies

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BodyHandling
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Transportation
BodyHandling

• 24-hour service
• Specialists arriving in 1-2 hours
• Kept in refrigerator

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Cremation
BodyHandling

• Pet is put inside a paper coffin before cremation
• Coffin is put into an incinerator under very high
  temperature.
• Whole process of cremation takes from half an
  hour to 3 hours
• Can choose individual or
• group cremation

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BodyHandling
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Urn Ordering
BodyHandling

• Various styles to suit different needs
• Wide range of materials such as marble, wood, gem
  stone and aluminium
• Photos of the pet and memorial sentences are
  adhered

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Urn Storage / Memorial Hall

• Pets Heaven Memorial Hall in Kowloon Bay
• About 500 cabinets
• Opens 10am 7pm, 360 days a year
• 1000 - 2000 per year

Commemoratethe death
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DNA Necklace

• To put pets DNA into a necklace using genetic
  engineering technology
• Pet owner may put his DNA and his pets DNA
  together
• Costs around 500
• A unique and representative souvenir

Commemoratethe death
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Process of making DNA Necklace
Commemoratethe death
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Pets Memorial Board
Commemoratethe death
An Example
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An Interview with a Pet Owner
Commemoratethe death
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Saying Good-bye to your Pet

• John Lam
• Victor Li
• Queeny Suen
• Carole Mok
• Vivian Poon