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26.05.2011
forever pets  - Gregory Alan Thornbury
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  • forever pets The other day I found myself delighted with how well behaved my friends dog was. Their dog, Molly, was not up on the couch sniffing my crotch or licking me in the face, but laid neatly curled asleep beside the hearth. After an hour of uni ...

    forever pets

    The other day I found myself delighted with how well behaved my friends dog was. Their dog, Molly, was not up on the couch sniffing my crotch or licking me in the face, but laid neatly curled asleep beside the hearth. After an hour of uninterrupted time with my friends I began to pay more attention to Molly. It seemed as if she was not breathing. I weighed the options of whether to be the bearer of bad news or to allow them this realization. I soon left.

    A couple weeks later I found myself on my friend’s couch again and Molly eerily curled fast asleep in the same position as before. I asked, “Does Molly enjoy sleeping by the hearth?” My friends both teared up and held each other’s hand. Turns out, Molly was freeze-dried after her battle with cancer. They told me how comforting it was to look over and see her safe, resting, cancer free and in a better place now. They said that the 3500.00 procedure was worth every penny to have Molly out of pain and preserved forever.

    As I left their house it occurred to me that some people who desire to never lose their pet might seek out such services without proper finances. I thought about how both parties might feel. The owners, not being able to get back what they once had, possibly feeling they lost their pet twice. The preservers, with services rendered without payment, feeling ashamed to not give back someone’s pet and as though they are holding someone’s love at ransom. Then I thought about the pets placed on some shelf, like the eternal lost boys of neverland, yet next to a decompression chamber. I wanted to give them all a home (as my friend said, a better place), pay the preservers their due wage and provide a space where the pets owners could visit them.

    Proposal

    Funding to purchase freeze-dried pets whenever a owner is unable to purchase their preserved pet or unhappy with the pose they chose for their pet. Each pet is owned by the Museum and sat in a corner with other eternal pets.

    forever pets The other day I found myself delighted with how well behaved my friends dog was. Their dog, Molly, was not up on the couch sniffing my crotch or licking me in the face, but laid neatly curled asleep beside the hearth. After an hour of uni ...

    forever pets

    The other day I found myself delighted with how well behaved my friends dog was. Their dog, Molly, was not up on the couch sniffing my crotch or licking me in the face, but laid neatly curled asleep beside the hearth. After an hour of uninterrupted time with my friends I began to pay more attention to Molly. It seemed as if she was not breathing. I weighed the options of whether to be the bearer of bad news or to allow them this realization. I soon left.

    A couple weeks later I found myself on my friend’s couch again and Molly eerily curled fast asleep in the same position as before. I asked, “Does Molly enjoy sleeping by the hearth?” My friends both teared up and held each other’s hand. Turns out, Molly was freeze-dried after her battle with cancer. They told me how comforting it was to look over and see her safe, resting, cancer free and in a better place now. They said that the 3500.00 procedure was worth every penny to have Molly out of pain and preserved forever.

    As I left their house it occurred to me that some people who desire to never lose their pet might seek out such services without proper finances. I thought about how both parties might feel. The owners, not being able to get back what they once had, possibly feeling they lost their pet twice. The preservers, with services rendered without payment, feeling ashamed to not give back someone’s pet and as though they are holding someone’s love at ransom. Then I thought about the pets placed on some shelf, like the eternal lost boys of neverland, yet next to a decompression chamber. I wanted to give them all a home (as my friend said, a better place), pay the preservers their due wage and provide a space where the pets owners could visit them.

    Proposal

    Funding to purchase freeze-dried pets whenever a owner is unable to purchase their preserved pet or unhappy with the pose they chose for their pet. Each pet is owned by the Museum and sat in a corner with other eternal pets.