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People are freeze drying their pets after they die: 'They don't want to let go'
People are freeze drying their pets after they die: 'They don't want to let go'
Rachel Grumman Bender 1 day ago
Forget taxidermy. Some grieving pet owners are freeze-drying their pets after they die to — literally — preserve the memory of their beloved furry family members.
Grieving pet owners are freeze-drying their pets to keep their memories alive. While it might sound unusual — to put it mildly — to freeze-dry a pet, the process isn’t as rare as it seems. Search for “freeze-dried pets” online and a handful of businesses across the country pop up offering the preservation service.
© Provided by Oath Inc. A posed freeze-dried dog by Freeze Dry By Cathy. (Photo: Courtesy of Andrea Huntley)
For freeze-dry artist Andrea Huntley of Freeze Dry By Cathy, it’s actually a business she never meant to get into. Her mother, Cathy, was a successful wedding florist in Newaygo, Michigan, who started freeze-drying flowers in the ‘90s to preserve bouquets. “She was such a trailblazer that she decided to self-learn the taxidermy trade, and soon she was using her single freeze dry machine to do work for other taxidermists, mainly turkey heads,” Huntley tells Yahoo Lifestyle.
The request to freeze-dry pets started in 2007. “It was something she wasn’t really fond of doing,” admits Huntley, referring to her mother, “and at the time I wasn’t even in the business.” But when her mother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer (Cathy passed away in 2018 at age 60), Huntley took over the business, which she says was “a sink or swim moment for me.”
Huntley, who also does taxidermy work for museums, nature centers and universities, has now been running the business for eight years. She purchased three more freeze-dry machines and says her electric bill is sometimes more than $700 a month, but Huntley says she finds the job “rewarding.”
© Provided by Oath Inc. A freeze-dried cat by Freeze Dry By Cathy. (Photo: Courtesy of Andrea Huntley)
Her clients come from all walks of life, but the one thing they have in common is that they love their pets. That doesn’t mean some clients don’t question how this all looks. “A lot of my clients worry about what others will think,” says Huntley, who studied psychology in college. “Some ask me if I think it is weird. I’ve had to claw my way to this miraculous point in my life where I truly don’t care what others may think of me or what I do. And I advise my clients to try to live the same way.”
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/people-are-freeze-drying-their-pets-after-they-die-they-dont-want-to-let-go/ar-BBWPqWy?li=BBnb4R7
Rachel Grumman Bender 1 day ago
Forget taxidermy. Some grieving pet owners are freeze-drying their pets after they die to — literally — preserve the memory of their beloved furry family members.
Grieving pet owners are freeze-drying their pets to keep their memories alive. While it might sound unusual — to put it mildly — to freeze-dry a pet, the process isn’t as rare as it seems. Search for “freeze-dried pets” online and a handful of businesses across the country pop up offering the preservation service.
© Provided by Oath Inc. A posed freeze-dried dog by Freeze Dry By Cathy. (Photo: Courtesy of Andrea Huntley)
For freeze-dry artist Andrea Huntley of Freeze Dry By Cathy, it’s actually a business she never meant to get into. Her mother, Cathy, was a successful wedding florist in Newaygo, Michigan, who started freeze-drying flowers in the ‘90s to preserve bouquets. “She was such a trailblazer that she decided to self-learn the taxidermy trade, and soon she was using her single freeze dry machine to do work for other taxidermists, mainly turkey heads,” Huntley tells Yahoo Lifestyle.
The request to freeze-dry pets started in 2007. “It was something she wasn’t really fond of doing,” admits Huntley, referring to her mother, “and at the time I wasn’t even in the business.” But when her mother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer (Cathy passed away in 2018 at age 60), Huntley took over the business, which she says was “a sink or swim moment for me.”
Huntley, who also does taxidermy work for museums, nature centers and universities, has now been running the business for eight years. She purchased three more freeze-dry machines and says her electric bill is sometimes more than $700 a month, but Huntley says she finds the job “rewarding.”
© Provided by Oath Inc. A freeze-dried cat by Freeze Dry By Cathy. (Photo: Courtesy of Andrea Huntley)
Her clients come from all walks of life, but the one thing they have in common is that they love their pets. That doesn’t mean some clients don’t question how this all looks. “A lot of my clients worry about what others will think,” says Huntley, who studied psychology in college. “Some ask me if I think it is weird. I’ve had to claw my way to this miraculous point in my life where I truly don’t care what others may think of me or what I do. And I advise my clients to try to live the same way.”
More>>>>
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/people-are-freeze-drying-their-pets-after-they-die-they-dont-want-to-let-go/ar-BBWPqWy?li=BBnb4R7
I don't know...kind of gives me a shiver, but would love to have my girl with me forever. Also pretty expensive. $700 for the first 5 pounds. Each additional pound is $75. So my girl would cost me $1300.
What do you think?
BTW, cat photo looks just like my girl.
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