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A lavish funeral...for pet dog
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Updated: 2007-07-23 17:05
A funeral home in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu recently
received a big contract -- preparing a 100,680-yuan (US$13,310) funeral
-- for a deceased dog.
A photographer takes photos of a dead dog, which has been placed inside a
well-arranged coffin, on Sunday, July 22, 2007. The dog's owner has spent
100,680 yuan (US$13,310) on a funeral for the pet. [West China City Daily]
On Sunday before the two-day funeral began, Lin, the dog's owner in his
late seventies, signed his name on the agreement which details every
expense of the amount, the local West China City Daily reported.
According to the contract, Lin will pay 4,000 yuan each day for renting
the funeral space and another 4,000 yuan for workers. On Monday, a luxury
Cadillac will take the dog to its final resting place -- rental of the
car will cost 10,000 yuan.
A senior staff member of the funeral home was quoted in the report as
saying that at first they refused to arrange such a luxurious funeral for
a dog, but were later moved by Lin's story.
The report says that the retired professor met the stray dog three months
ago when he came to live in Chengdu alone from the northeastern city of
Dalian. Lin suffers from high blood pressure and is a frequent visitor to
the hospital. His children are all busy with their work, and the
widower's only companion was the dog.
The lavish pet funeral inevitably raised eyebrows among locals, many of
whom complained it was unnecessary.
However, Lin told the reporter that the dog, which died of an unknown
disease, was a sympathetic and loyal friend, and that all he is trying to
do is express his great grief over its passing.
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