HYDERABAD, India An elderly couple in south India was so devastated by the death of their dog they committed suicide.
Police say the couple left behind a note saying they were ending their lives over the loss of "Puppy."
The 66-year-old man and his 63-year-old wife were found hanging in their home yesterday after neighbors told police about a foul smell coming from the home.
The note also requested the police to inform their relatives about their death and the couple left behind money for their funeral.
The man's nephew says "They were so shocked and saddened by the loss of their companion that they performed a formal funeral. They wrapped its body in cloth and buried in the backyard of their home."
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You just can't make this kinda stuff up......
Friggin pet owners - unreal.
If they are in their 60's this can't be the first pet they've lost. What kept them from committing suicide the last time? I think there's more going on here than reported.
It hurts to lose a pet, but for cryin' out loud!
The best treatment for the loss of a pet is to get another pet. It really beats hanging yourself.
Childless???? In India??????
It's not as though they were completely alone in the world--the article says they had a nephew, which also implies at least a sibling. They could have found love outside of themselves with other family members, or consoled each other. Very odd.
Bush's fault!
Frankly reading things like this,one feels that nobody hurts India's image the way Indians do.
About dead pets,well here's an offer from Delhi,which nobody can refuse-I'll send you a dozen dogs free of cost( also 6 cows as compliments for the first 10 customers)!!!!!!
elderly? that doesn't sound elderly to me.
But are there any recorded incidents of a pet commiting suicide after it's human died?
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. Sure, they may have children, but they may not see them for lengthy periods of time. Religion should give them comfort if they believe, but even to them the actual physical interaction with a pet has a lot of value.
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.
It's a good thing they didn't choose tropical fish as pets.
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?
I love my Dog too, but jeez....
Menu fed...?
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.
I've always valued my dogs far more than many people I know. Many of the responses here prove why.