Si.
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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As long as the subject has come up, it's been a year last night, since we had to unexpectedly put our 13 yr English Springer Spaniel to sleep. She developed something called, 'bloat', that evening. The vet told us there was nothing they could do, and in a matter of a few hours, she was gone. That was hard to take. We still haven't gotten another dog. Sometimes I think I want another, but for some reason I can't bring myself to do it.
LOL
Off topic, but the non-muslim Indians have a very low birth rate...kinda akin to EU. The muslims have a birth-rate that's out of this world.
I remember a documentary that showed a young monkey (old enough to take care of itself) that got depressed and died shortly after its mother died.
No, Friggin psycho pet owners!
"Folks...I would suggest you go easy here. It is all too easy to discount these people as whack jobs with their priorities mixed up, but there are many elderly people to whom thier pets are nearly the sole source of companionship in their lives."
Well stated.
Si.
If the Indian couple were believers in reincarnation, they should have considered the possibility that they might be reincarnated as fleas.
FreeRider Ping
Ya' think?
Compared to the food-recall threads, this story is a cheerer-upper.
They were probably hanging around [thanks, Ahnold!] until their dog finally croaked.
I kid because I love.
elderly folks
I'd like to think of them as middle aged. leadpennies are 64 this year.
Stay away from the god of eunuchs.
Hoookay...(backing away slowly)...
Hey, I love my pets too but I won't swing from the shower curtain over them.
So sad that they didn't think they had anything else to live for.
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