Dead dog

[PatTheRat]

Would it be against the law to bury a dog in along with a human? My aunt is set on doing this against the families wishes.

[woofgang]

don't know about the law, but if your aunt wants her dog in the same grave as her then IMHO that's her business

[FP]

If it's illegal then I think it would be very unfair.  What harm would it do.  People should respect her wishes.

[smudge]

Sounds like a reasonable request to me.

[snook]

If the dog's not dead when your aunt dies, it might have a problem with it.

[Kingaroo]

She's not planning to have her dog killed when she dies, is she?

Do you mean in the same grave yard, in a plot next to humans? Like her dog died and she wants to bury it next to the plot she has for herself when her time comes?
The graveyard may have something to say about that.

If you do mean in the same coffin, because the dog has been stuffed or frozen or something until she dies, I bet she could do that.
She could look into cremating the dog and putting its ashes in her coffin.

[PatTheRat]

Sorry, i should have stated that she wants to bury the dog in alonside my grand father, who has died already. All the rest of his children dont want this to happen. Apologies for leaving that bit out.

[smudge]

Personally, I would go along with the suggestion of having the dog's ashes placed in, or over, the grave of your Grandfather.

 

 

[THFCUK]

when my cats passed away i placed their ashes on my grand dads grave , when my nan passed away (the grave was opened) we wanted to put the cats in the grave, the lady at the funeral parlour said to us that it is against the law to bury them in the grave as it has to be humans but we could put them in with my nan (in her coffin) we didnt like that idea so we managed to ask the men when they were placing the soil over my nan to place the cats in there aswell which they done and no one knew,

[Goofy]

why on earth not

[KEJ2000]

If the body ever has to be exhumed for an autopsy, the dog's remains would screw up the person's autopsy results... like testing for traces of chemicals or poisons.  Maybe the aunt wants to cover up something she did to harm the deceased person!!!  She poisoned him, then included a dog with his body, and will blame the incriminating autopsy results on the presence of the dog, saying the dog ate some chemicals once.  Maybe I read too many mysteries.

[Miss Zippy]

If your grandfather is buried in private land, it would be ok.  However, it is illegal to bury an animal in a public cemetry.  Under the Environment Protection Act animal remains are classed as  controlled waste and must be diposed of in particular way. Spreadind the dog's ashes over the grave sounds like a feasible alternative.