Posted on 04/02/2007 5:57:08 AM PDT by CarrotAndStick
UNABLE to come to terms with the death of their pet dog, a childless couple in southern India hanged themselves. The bodies of 67-year-old retired soldier C.N. Madanraj and his wife, Tarabai, 63, were found yesterday in their home in a suburb of Hyderabad.
Police said the childless couple had held a burial ceremony for their dog of 13 years, called Puppy, and hosted a feast for friends before hanging themselves in their bedroom.
"The couple described the grief over their pet dog in the suicide note they left on March 29," said police inspector V. Anantaiah.
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Yes get another pet immediately, as soon as you can find the right one. It is amazing how much it soothes your grief. I had to wait about 5 weeks until the pup was 8 weeks old so she could be shipped to me but I got a full sister to the 1 1/2 year old that had died. Some of us get so attached that we become despondent and getting another one soon is the answer not suicide but there may have been other things going on with this couple.
It's a good thing they didn't choose tropical fish as pets.
I have to agree with the other poster something else was going on and the greif may have sent them over the fatel edge.
I thought my son naming our Lab
Yol (ya'll) was silly this lil fellow was named "Puppy".
No sillier than a cat named "Kitty"........
LOL No it doesn't.
And I suppose they thought they were going off to Doggy Heaven and would be reunited with Fluffy.
66 and 63 years old.
Elderly couple?
"Sorry to disagree with the sentiment I see here, but there are a lot of elderly folks who develop a very strong emotional attachment to their pets. These people are obviously outside the average, but I wouldn't condemn pets in principle as I see some doing on here."
What a terrible attitude!! Where are your sick jokes and sharp putdowns? Let's ridicule these dead folks. Isn't that the purpose of the Internet?
rest of post......
My wife won't rub my belly no matter how much I lay on my back and wiggle..........
I love my Dog too, but jeez....
Menu fed...?
Or Mayflies, which live one day!
But are there any recorded incidents of a pet commiting suicide after it's human died?
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Not exactly, but some can become despondent. When a distant cousin on my mother's side passed away, his beloved collie, who was in good health at the time, just went downhill and was gone a few weeks later. They can become depressed just like humans, and depression can lead to physical maladies, some potentially fatal.
No sillier than a cat named "Kitty"........
Elderly couple?
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Well, in some parts of the world where lifespans are short because of inadequate healthcare, those ages are considered elderly.
Almost too grim for a lol, but here it is anyway.
There was this song once that dealt with that.
"Dead Puppies"
Dead puppies aren't much fun. They don't come when you call, they don't chase squirls at all, dead puppies aren't much fun.
Ban people who say "Ban pets."
LOL
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