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That's so lovely, Karen.  I wish we had such an option in California.   
If we did though, it would be regulated to a T and state fees collected.

Carrie, I don't know anyone (incluing Kat) who is not sappy about  
their horses, but here you choose to follow the rules or you don't.  I  
know of famous stallions buried on their owners properties with  
gravestones, from before it was illegal.  I also know of horses in  
unmarked graves.  Once they're "gone", in my case, it's a beloved  
carcass, but the soul is gone and I appreciate having the rendering  
truck come, so the body can be put to some use, and no, in the case  
with my two horses, I did not watch.  And I was boarding each of  
those, even illegal burial wasn't really an option.  I know people who  
live on acreage (as I do now) can't picture southern California  
horsekeeping, but the town mine were in allowed at least 4 horses per  
half acre, IIRC.

What do people do when they sell their property with a bunch of horses  
buried on it?  In the case  where there's a grave marker, do you make  
it a contingency of the sale that the site is maintained?

Lynne
<http://www.photo.lynnesite.com>



On Dec 17, 2008, at 10:58 AM, Karen Everhart wrote:
> We purposely purchased 240 acres (land is relatively cheap compared  
> to many other areas) so that we could designate a location just for  
> burial of the horses and other companion animals.  We also offer a  
> service for horse owners, when the decision must be made to put down  
> their equine friend due to old age or chronic illness/injury.
>
> Because Kansas law prohibits anyone but the owner from transporting  
> a dead animal, the horse must be capable of transport here.  So, the  
> decision to use our service has to be made before an acute illness  
> or critical injury. We then lead the animal to a lovely meadow,  
> surrounded by evergreen trees, and a few hundred yards from a  
> creek.  Then we have the vet come and perform the euthanasia and the  
> horse is buried where it lies.  Memorial stones can be placed on the  
> gravesite.


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