Pet deaths and the law?

Recently someone had to have their old cat put to sleep and they were told
that recently the law in the UK had changed and that you are no longer
permitted to bury a dead pet in the garden. They have to be cremated by the
authorities and you can receive the ashes for around £30.
I was rather disturbed to hear this.
I've had a brief look on the internet but can't find anything.
Does anyone know whether this is true?
Thanks.

JohnJAdamson wrote:
> Recently someone had to have their old cat put to sleep and they were told
> that recently the law in the UK had changed and that you are no longer
> permitted to bury a dead pet in the garden. They have to be cremated by the
> authorities and you can receive the ashes for around £30.
> I was rather disturbed to hear this.
> I've had a brief look on the internet but can't find anything.
> Does anyone know whether this is true?

Looks like it:

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk...87432/?lang=_e

Note that pets are included as category 1.

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"Ollie Clark" <oliverc@comp.leeds.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:slrndds99o.2qa.oliverc@cslin-gps.csunix.comp.leeds.ac.uk...
> JohnJAdamson wrote:
>> Recently someone had to have their old cat put to sleep and they were
>> told
>> that recently the law in the UK had changed and that you are no longer
>> permitted to bury a dead pet in the garden. They have to be cremated by
>> the
>> authorities and you can receive the ashes for around £30.
>> I was rather disturbed to hear this.
>> I've had a brief look on the internet but can't find anything.
>> Does anyone know whether this is true?
>
> Looks like it:
>
> http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk...87432/?lang=_e
>
> Note that pets are included as category 1.
>
> --
>
> http://www.ollieclark.com/acronyms.html

Thanks for the link.
I take it that dead pets need to be incinerated or buried in special sites
because of the risk of transmitting a BSE-like disease?
It doesn't say whether this is a new regulation. I had 2 cats die in August
2000 and December 2001. They were both euthanized by the vet and on both
occasions I was allowed to take them back and basically do what I wanted. I
buried them deep under the back garden.
So if this is true the law must have changed recently.

JohnJAdamson wrote:
>
> "Ollie Clark" <oliverc@comp.leeds.ac.uk> wrote in message
> news:slrndds99o.2qa.oliverc@cslin-gps.csunix.comp.leeds.ac.uk...
>> JohnJAdamson wrote:
>>> Recently someone had to have their old cat put to sleep and they were
>>> told
>>> that recently the law in the UK had changed and that you are no longer
>>> permitted to bury a dead pet in the garden. They have to be cremated by
>>> the
>>> authorities and you can receive the ashes for around £30.
>>> I was rather disturbed to hear this.
>>> I've had a brief look on the internet but can't find anything.
>>> Does anyone know whether this is true?
>>
>> Looks like it:
>>
>> http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk...87432/?lang=_e
>>
>> Note that pets are included as category 1.
>>
> Thanks for the link.
> I take it that dead pets need to be incinerated or buried in special sites
> because of the risk of transmitting a BSE-like disease?
> It doesn't say whether this is a new regulation. I had 2 cats die in August
> 2000 and December 2001. They were both euthanized by the vet and on both
> occasions I was allowed to take them back and basically do what I wanted. I
> buried them deep under the back garden.
> So if this is true the law must have changed recently.

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk...275207/587394/

"The EU adopted this Regulation on 3rd October 2002"

"the EU ABPR has had direct effect in the UK from 1 May 2003"

It looks like the regulations are to try to prevent animal by products
causing risk to the health of animals or humans from any disease, not just
BSE like diseases but they were invented because of BSE.

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JohnJAdamson	Pet deaths and the law? Recently someone had to have their old cat put to sleep and they were told that recently the law in the UK had changed and that you are no longer permitted to bury a dead pet in the garden. They have to be cremated by the authorities and you can receive the ashes for around £30. I was rather disturbed to hear this. I've had a brief look on the internet but can't find anything. Does anyone know whether this is true? Thanks.

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Ollie Clark	Re: Pet deaths and the law? JohnJAdamson wrote: > Recently someone had to have their old cat put to sleep and they were told > that recently the law in the UK had changed and that you are no longer > permitted to bury a dead pet in the garden. They have to be cremated by the > authorities and you can receive the ashes for around £30. > I was rather disturbed to hear this. > I've had a brief look on the internet but can't find anything. > Does anyone know whether this is true? Looks like it: http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk...87432/?lang=_e Note that pets are included as category 1. -- http://www.ollieclark.com/acronyms.html

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JohnJAdamson	Re: Pet deaths and the law? "Ollie Clark" <oliverc@comp.leeds.ac.uk> wrote in message news:slrndds99o.2qa.oliverc@cslin-gps.csunix.comp.leeds.ac.uk... > JohnJAdamson wrote: >> Recently someone had to have their old cat put to sleep and they were >> told >> that recently the law in the UK had changed and that you are no longer >> permitted to bury a dead pet in the garden. They have to be cremated by >> the >> authorities and you can receive the ashes for around £30. >> I was rather disturbed to hear this. >> I've had a brief look on the internet but can't find anything. >> Does anyone know whether this is true? > > Looks like it: > > http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk...87432/?lang=_e > > Note that pets are included as category 1. > > -- > > http://www.ollieclark.com/acronyms.html Thanks for the link. I take it that dead pets need to be incinerated or buried in special sites because of the risk of transmitting a BSE-like disease? It doesn't say whether this is a new regulation. I had 2 cats die in August 2000 and December 2001. They were both euthanized by the vet and on both occasions I was allowed to take them back and basically do what I wanted. I buried them deep under the back garden. So if this is true the law must have changed recently.