Placenta Yenta

[weltschmerz]

On Monday afternoon, police made an alarming find: a bloodied placenta and other evidence of childbirth were discovered in a Mississauga, Ont. park, prompting police to issue a public call in hopes of locating the mother and newborn child.



It turns out that the mother is not in distress and the child isn’t a newborn, Peel Regional Police said Tuesday. The unusual discovery was actually part of a “holistic” ritual to mark the baby’s first birthday.

It turns out that the mother is not in distress and the child isn’t a newborn, Peel Regional Police said Tuesday. The unusual discovery was actually part of a “holistic” ritual to mark the baby’s first birthday.

www.ctvnews.ca/canada/mother-dumped-placenta-in-public-park-for-holistic-purposes-police-1.4194257

Gross. I don't want to go strolling through a park and tripping over human placentas.
You want to return it to nature? Put it in the composting bin.

[Tennesseer]

Nov 28, 2018 18:20:18 GMT -5 weltschmerz said:

On Monday afternoon, police made an alarming find: a bloodied placenta and other evidence of childbirth were discovered in a Mississauga, Ont. park, prompting police to issue a public call in hopes of locating the mother and newborn child.



It turns out that the mother is not in distress and the child isn’t a newborn, Peel Regional Police said Tuesday. The unusual discovery was actually part of a “holistic” ritual to mark the baby’s first birthday.

It turns out that the mother is not in distress and the child isn’t a newborn, Peel Regional Police said Tuesday. The unusual discovery was actually part of a “holistic” ritual to mark the baby’s first birthday.

www.ctvnews.ca/canada/mother-dumped-placenta-in-public-park-for-holistic-purposes-police-1.4194257

Gross. I don't want to go strolling through a park and tripping over human placentas.
You want to return it to nature? Put it in the composting bin.

If I am not mistaken Canada has a lot of forests where this back-to-nature mother and her clan could have offered this 'gift' to Mother Nature?

Was it really necessary to it in a citypark?

[weltschmerz]

...or at least bury it. Nobody wants to see your insides.

[dannylion]

What makes her think "nature" wants her leftover bits?  

[haapai]

I have a bit of sympathy for this gal.  My dog only catches squirrels in the winter.  The ground is frozen and the trash disposal company will not dispose of dead animals.  I don't want to put the already-stiff squirrel in my freezer until the ground softens and putting it on my compost heap is similarly disgusting.  I've taken a few trots into who-knows-whose woods and flung. 

If the ground hadn't been frozen, I would have done things differently.  Telling myself that I just made some crows very happy has not made me feel much better.

[Tiny]

Nov 28, 2018 19:55:29 GMT -5 haapai said:

I have a bit of sympathy for this gal.  My dog only catches squirrels in the winter.  The ground is frozen and the trash disposal company will not dispose of dead animals.  I don't want to put the already-stiff squirrel in my freezer until the ground softens and putting it on my compost heap is similarly disgusting.  I've taken a few trots into who-knows-whose woods and flung. 

If the ground hadn't been frozen, I would have done things differently.  Telling myself that I just made some crows very happy has not made me feel much better.

   I, too, kind of have some sympathy for her - but I'm truly wondering why she opted for such a public place.    I'm also wondering what exactly she expected to happen to what she left behind. 

I'm guessing in a more wooded/secluded area  the crows, possums, raccoons and possibly a neighborhood coyote or fox  (or neighborhood rats or feral cats)  would have found it all quite tasty.  
 
Oh, and can I borrow your dog?  I've got plenty of fat annoying squirrels (my neighbor religiously puts out birdseed for various types of birds).   And I'm not squeamish about dealing with a squirrel carcass.  I can just leave it at the curb and the friendly neighborhood fox or coyote will come by and clean it up.