As celebrants we believe a pet funeral can be much more than taking care of the physical remains of your much-loved four-legged friend. We will craft and draft a touching, bespoke funeral for your pet that celebrates their life.
Pet Funerals: a loving send-off for your favourite animal
My family and other animals
Pets, whether they be dogs, cats, rabbits, parrots, or farm animals, are —many people confess —often the most-loved members of the household. And everyone knows that pets have an infinite capacity to love, which some rate as higher as that of humans. There are even proved scientific benefits to owning a pet. These include:
- enhancing mood
- busting stress
- lowering blood pressure
- easing anxiety
- meeting people
Also, pets are playful and a huge source of fun and entertainment and it has been shown that kids who grow up with pets are less self-centred than those that don’t, as they soon learn to take responsibility for another living being.
The one drawback of having a pet and loving it as if it were one of the family, is that as a rule, animals have shorter lives than humans. Many of us have experienced the terrible sense of loss when a favourite pet dies.
Changing attitudes to pets in Italy
Italy has changed dramatically over the last few decades: transitioning from having animals to perform specific work tasks (truffle dogs, hunting dogs, sheep dogs etc) and keeping them outside, often in cages, to spoiling their pets worse than they do their children. There is an ever-greater request for animal-friendly hotels and restaurants, beaches where pets are permitted and of course, an increasingly rich range of pet-related products on the market. For the same reasons, funeral agencies have started to offer pet funeral services: transport, individual cremation and pet urns.
Celebrate your pet’s life
As celebrants, however, we believe a pet funeral can be much more than taking care of the physical remains of your much-loved four-legged friend. We will craft and draft a touching, bespoke funeral for your pet that celebrates their life. We will help you choose an appropriate reading and musical accompaniment and, after chatting with you and anyone who has shared your love for your pet, we will write a fitting eulogy that describes their personality, their escapades, and how they have impacted your life. Finally, we will officiate the ceremony on the day, inviting people to speak and, though a carefully crafted script that has been created with you, we will express not only your feelings of loss but also your gratitude for your pet’s love. We strongly believe that holding a funeral ceremony for your pet, and sharing the experience with the other significant people in your life, is the first step towards acceptance.
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