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by Ross Thompson

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November 2, 2007

A Florida Company is changing the way we remember our pets after they die. AnimalPreservation.net makes it possible to freeze dry your animal companion.

Freeze drying is very different than traditional taxidermy in that the whole body is kept instead of just the hide.

During the process, the pet is placed inside the freeze dry chamber and then rapidly frozen. The chamber is vacuumed, removing all moisture from the cells – which is the key to preventing decay.

Finally the drying process begins- resulting in a perfect preservation.

The Smithsonian uses this method to preserve animal for their exhibits.

This type of preservation definitely belongs to a niche market, but for those who don't like the alternatives, freeze drying just might be the answer.

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deb a.
deb a. (rodeodeb)
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People will make money anywhere they can
 
Lisa S.
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Oh my God! Would you do this to your grandma? or your mother? Why would you ever want your pet freeze dried. It would be a horrible thing to look at every day. I want to remember them as a "live, warm body". UGH
 
Wendie
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How are "inventions" like this discovered anyway? Do they come up with the idea and do tests or accidentally come up with it while doing something legitimate and worthwhile??
 
HSBarron
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The fact that there is a market for such a service is disturbing. What's next??
 
chitown
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There is a line over which some pet owners cross, and when they do, they become KOOKS. This "service" is over that line.
 
beverly y.
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that is horrible
 
joygold
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Can't see it at all. An animal deserves the same respect in death that a human receives.
 
D W.
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I think pets deserve a proper burial or cremation. They should not be made into display items.
 
Jill E.
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This is a little too morbid for me. An alternative would be to have your pet made into a diamond...like they can do with your loved ones ashes. LifeGem can create diamonds from your pet just as they can from your human family members when they pass away. They can even do it with hair from your pet! It would be a lasting memory of your cherished family member if you can afford to do so. I posted this just as an alternative, as I believe that every pet owner has to make their own decision on how they would like to memorialize their pets.
 
Brian D.
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Your pets need to be buried. Let them rest in peace
 
Stephanie W.
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This is completely horrible. Bury your pets. They deserve a proper burial just like anyone else. This is alittle morbid.
 
Patricia C.
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OOH! I think your pet deserves a proper burial just like anyone else. This is as sick as the hoarder who was keeping his dead cats in his freezer. Let the dead go and adopt another needy pet that needs you!
 
Ann H.
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ewwww
 
Scott J.
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That is messed up.
 
hillbill
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I think that is very very creepy and sickning.
 
Janie
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This is sick!!!!! Sick Sick Sick
 
Sharon S.
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This is creepy. I don't want my pet freeze dried. I have their pictures and their memories. I don't need their body. Just like the people who stuff their dead animals, I'm sure there are somethat will go the freeze dried route.
 
luvapup
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This is bizarre and really freaky. I can just imagine going to a friend's house and seeing a freeze-dried pet. Yikes!
 
Michelle G.
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A picture would be enough for me. What happens to the "freeze dried" animal after the owners pass on. Will it be passed through the family. I would want my ancestors' freeze dried pet!
 
Gene M.
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My memories are enough, what a waste
 
jean-marc m.
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Yurk, I'd never do that
 
Doglover1111
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Wow, to each their own.
 
loishill
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Bluck. Not for me.
 
LoriHill123
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Good description
 
Pat A.
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I couldn't do that, it would make me toooooo sad to look at my beloved animal and the way she was.......as hard as it is, death is part of living, we still have wonderful memories.......and lots of pictures...
 
wpras
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Lets worry about making the pets life better on this abusive earth rather than doing something stupid like this.
 
LoriHill123
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so true
 
loishill
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I agree
 
DebbieKelley
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Absolutely no, in my opinion. Why would anyone want to do this to their pet?
 
EddieP
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I would not want to have this done to my pet
 
Janie
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This is definitely not my cup of tea! I love my dog dearly but she would not want this nor would I. I want to remember her beautiful free spirit the way she was when she was with us.
 
Adele P.
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Time to close a door and open another. Opposed to this practice.
 
D. Rene
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wrong wrong wrong
 
Hannanahmom
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Once they have died, the body is just the shell left behind by the beautiful spirit that inhabited it. I would rather remember them as they were when they were alive. A freeze dried corpse would not be very comforting.
 
petsmylife
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Thats just wrong!
 
Mary T.
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what a sick thing to do
 
april8sue
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Well.... this one is kinda strange. I know I wouldn't do this but someone with lots of money will.
 
Jamie
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I would never do this. This is crazy.
 
JEANBUCKLEY
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You have got to be kidding!!!... Would you want this done to one of your human family members???
 
Anne M.
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I could not imagine having one of my dogs as a stuffed statue!?!? You would think the whole family would need to be in agreement before Spot comes back home looking like that.
 
Denise O.
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Okay, this is kinda weird. I would much rather have my pet put in the Earth than to be stuffed and staring in to wind every day!
 
Rachel G.
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This is a little creepy. It's bad enough leaving a can of tuna on the ground after your cat dies. But what happens when you can actually see them. You might throw a ball and they don't go get it and then you're sad all over again.
 
Julie K.
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To each their own- but no thanks!
 
penny m.
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OK for those with the inclination and money--I used to joke that when I die I'd like to be stuffed and set out as a decoration. Well, now I guess it's trendy...
 
Rory H.
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this is weird and i feel like this company is just preying on people in a altered state of mind
 
tonycat
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How about just having a picture and personal memories?
 
Bunniesgurl
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ummmmmmm give the animal a funeral, and have the memories....
 
jacquie b.
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you can do it but it's not for me
 
graysonluvr
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:(
 
jane
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I CANT THINK OF ANYTHING LESS THAT I WOULD WANT..

TOTALLY YUKKKKKKK

 
Rachel G.
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I think I'll stick with my pictures.
 
Jerry A.
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Not normal!
 
Phil D.
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That is sick and twisted. You'd have to crazy to do something like that. Take the money you'd use to do this procedure and donate it to your local humane society.
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