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Look: Philippine toy maker creates life-like pet plushies for grieving owners

They use photos sent by customers to create life-like replicas of their deceased pets

Published: April 06, 2023 09:35 Reuters

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Pet — Philippines toy maker David Tan is flooded with orders from grieving pet owners who want to memorialise their dogs, cats, hamsters and rabbits with stuffed toys or 'plushies'. Image Credit: Reuters

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Pe2 — Tan and a team of 20 employees use photos sent by customers to create life-like replicas of their deceased pets using synthetic fur that is airbrushed to recreate colours and markings of the animals. Image Credit: Reuters

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Pet5 — The process is different from taxidermy, which preserves the body of the animal, said Tan, owner of Pampanga Teddy Bear Factory. Image Credit: Reuters

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Pet6 — "It removes that 'ick' factor. This is actually one hundred percent, genuinely a stuffed toy," he said. Each plushie costs about 3,500 pesos ($ 65), which 38-year-old dog lover Jaja Lazarte said is a price worth paying for the memory of her Shih Tzu. Image Credit: Reuters

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Pet7 — "Although his ashes are here, and his memories are here, it's so much better to see something that really resembles him," Lazarte said. Image Credit: Reuters

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Pet4 — Jaja Lazarte poses for a picture with the realistic pet plushie of her departed dog Kenken and her two other dogs, at her home in Caloocan City, Metro Manila. Image Credit: Reuters

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Pet9 — Herminhilda del Rosario poses for a picture with a realistic pet plushie of her departed dog Luna, at her home in Hagonoy town, Bulacan province Image Credit: Reuters

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Pet10 — A realistic pet plushie of departed dog Kenken is displayed beside its photo and a box containing its ashes, at the home of pet owner Jaja Lazarte, in Caloocan City. Image Credit: Reuters

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Pet11 — A worker sews the eye of a customized pet plushie, at the Pampanga Teddy Bear Factory, in Angeles City, Pampanga province Image Credit: Reuters

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Pet12 — Realistic pet plushies are displayed at the Pampanga Teddy Bear Factory, in Angeles City, Pampanga province Image Credit: Reuters

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Pet13 — A realistic pet plushie of departed dog Luna is displayed beside its portrait, at the home of pet owner Herminhilda del Rosario, in Hagonoy town Image Credit: Reuters

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