They use pictures despatched by prospects to create life-like replicas of their deceased pets.

MANILA:

Philippines toy maker David Tan is flooded with orders from grieving pet house owners who wish to memorialise their canines, cats, hamsters and rabbits with stuffed toys or ‘plushies’.

Tan and a staff of 20 workers use pictures despatched by prospects to create life-like replicas of their deceased pets utilizing artificial fur that’s airbrushed to recreate colors and markings of the animals.

The course of is totally different from taxidermy, which preserves the physique of the animal, stated Tan, proprietor of Pampanga Teddy Bear Factory.

“It removes that ‘ick’ factor. This is actually one hundred percent, genuinely a stuffed toy,” he stated.

Each plushie prices about 3,500 pesos (US$ 65), which 38-year-old canine lover Jaja Lazarte stated is a value value paying for the reminiscence of her Shih Tzu.

“Although his ashes are here, and his memories are here, it’s so much better to see something that really resembles him,” Lazarte stated.

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