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Maybe some of it is just being more self sufficient in general...and having the means to take care of it oneself rather than hire someone else to kill it. By "means" I'm referring to a larger piece of property as compared to a suburban backyard.
I'm thinking it's that, plus practical tradition of sorts. I'm sure it's been done that way forever.
And, you're right. It's against code to bury an animal carcass on a residential property.
@Grand Mal had a good point too, in the distance thing. If you're a half hour from a vet (or the vet is closed for the night), and your dog has just been severely injured, is obviously dying, and is in agony...do you take that half hour ride (or wait until morning)...or expedite matters right then?
I get it. We gotta' do what we've gotta' do. It's an act of love, quite honestly.
I'm glad I have the option of my vet. The pet actually dies in your arms if that's the choice (it's mine). And crazy as it sounds, when they're wracked in pain and have been for a long time - they actually appear peaceful when life leaves them, and it's hard to believe they're gone because they look like they're peacefully sleeping and you're relieved they're finally at peace.
I think I'd find it hard to have to remember the physical trauma inflicted due to a gunshot death. Nope. I'll take euthanasia, thank you.