Minu merisigade elust
About the Life of my Guinea Pigs

Summary/Abstract: The central events of life touch us all. The beginning and end of life, however, are today regarded as medical instances, taboos that concern only the person involved and medical practitioners at the hospital. Thus we can experience the miracle of birth and death often only through events that happen to our pet animals. The loss of a four-footed friend and the grief it brings sometimes hurts more than the death of a distant and estranged relative. Children's first contact with funerals is often connected to the loss of a pet. The article discusses the questions of the death and funeral of pets, acquiring the pet and their procreation, and their behaviour with offspring, drawing parallels among today's people. The article concludes with readers' response and comments, which proved quite surprising. People reacted most vehemently to the ridicule of dwarves, for example.

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