Blue Cross to set up electric crematorium for animals

Hundreds of dogs and cattle die on the highways. Their carcasses are left on the road for the crows to pick at, or cast away in the shrubs hard by. Any living being deserves a respectable death and Blue Cross of India is taking up the initiative of setting up of an electric crematorium for animals.

“Currently, we have a tie-up with the Chennai Corporation where they take the carcass and bury them at the grounds at Kodungaiyur, using machines. These are animals that have been seriously injured and couldn’t be saved,” says Dawn Williams of Blue Cross. To leave an animal that has had an infectious disease out in the open is dangerous to other animals and humans too.

Disposing of the remains of a dead animal does not have a due process in our cities. They cannot be buried on empty grounds nor can pet owners rest their loved ones in their own compound or backyard as the sewage and water lines can be affected. 

Pet owners living in apartments either bury them in empty land, away from the city, or discard the carcass in some shrubs with a heavy heart. “We want to avoid this and give animals too decency in death,” says Dawn. The estimated cost of the crematorium is Rs 40 lakh. Blue Cross has asked animal lovers to contribute to the cause.