A pair of guinea pigs – say 2kg; a pair of squirrels, say
1 kg: the burial of either would cause far less groundwater
pollution than a pair of goats. Many deceased animals
never have the privilege of being buried and/or
mourned, though human war victims are very often
lamented by hundreds at funeral ceremonies, and we
can watch this on TV. As a boy, I had to wear
embarrassingly ugly school-boots the weight of two
dead gophers. When we pathologize the death of a pet
animal, the question of being laid to rest is usurped by
our rampant fearfulness. Imagine if it were two.
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Mike Ferguson
Picture Rupert Loydell
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