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We know one business that probably wants to stay out of the spotlight these days: Bridge Pet Services, a company out of Juneau, Alaska, who offered to pick up the remains of pets that died, cremate them, and return the ashes to the owners. The cost: $35 and up. But one customer, worried that the company had not contacted them in over a month, drove over to Bridge’s facility, and instead of finding urns filled with ashes, discovered dozens of dead pets stuffed into plastic garbage bags. Mike Dziuba, Bridge’s owner, apologized for the delay, blaming it on “personal issues,” but promised to clear up the backlog as soon as possible.
On the other hand, Dubois County, Indiana coroner Bob Veatch is ready for his close-up. Profiled in the local Dubois County Free Press, Veatch claims he didn’t decide to become a coroner, but “the career picks the person.” County coroner is only a part-time gig for the paramedic, but it’s one he can’t imagine giving up. While dealing with families in their time of grief is challenging (“the worst part of the job,” he says), he “loves the science.” The advances in technology over the past few years “are really kind of amazing.” with a mother who was an emergency room nurse, death and medicine were part of growing up. “Death was never hidden from me,” he said. “If our parents went to a funeral home for a visit, us kids would go with them.”
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