Advertising

, 20–21

Agency

, 109

Age of the skin

, 42–43

Aitchison, Hannah

, 60–61

America. See United States

Animal(s)

fancy

, 27

flesh, mounting

, 115–118

grief dialogues

, 122–125

persona

, 21–22, 171–172

portraits

, 156–158

preservation

, 8–9, 12–13

rights

, 100

servitude

, 19–20

as social media influencers

, 167–170

as status symbol

, 22–23

themed condolence cards

, 75–76

totems

, 45–47

as utility item

, 8–9, 22–23

See also individual entries

Animal and Human Studies (HAS)

, 7–8, 30–31, 62–63, 183

Animal Death

, 7–8

Animals online

, 163–167

animals, as social media influencers

, 167–170

narrative creation

, 170–174

interaction

, 174–176

Elwood

, 176–181

aftermath

, 182

Anonymity

, 102–103

Anthropocentrism

, 100–102

Anthropomorphic traits

, 5–6

Anthropomorphism

, 99–106, 145–146, 156–157

Antibacterial creams

, 43

Antiquity

, 40–42

Arsenic soap

, 90–91

Art gallery exhibition

, 111

Artistry, complementary forms of

, 118–121

Australia

anthropomorphism in

, 102–103

sympathy cards

, 75–76

tattooing in

, 50–51, 61–62

taxidermy in

, 91, 105–106

Bad Ink

, 60

Benching

, 165–166

Benjamin, Walter

, 3–4, 186–187

Best Ink

, 60–61

Body adornment

, 40–42

Body modifications

, 27–28, 32

See also Tattooing

Body paint, adornment of skin with

, 4

Bondi Ink

, 58–59

Bracelets

, 80–81

Breathless Zoo: Taxidermy and the Cultures of Longing, The

, 7–8

Breeding

, 27–28, 29, 32

interbreeding

, 28

over-breeding

, 29, 30–31

Brooches

, 82

Cabinets of Curiosity

, 6–7, 125–126

Campbell, Joseph

, 3–4

Captain Cook

, 40–42, 47–48

Catbeans

, 96

Cemeteries

, 70–71, 73–75

Childhood

, 24–25, 70–71, 98

Cohabitation

, 19–20, 25–26, 32–33

Commemoration

, 70–72, 76–77, 112–113, 139–140

Companion animals

, 5–7, 10, 12–15, 21–23, 26–27, 32, 34–36, 67–71, 73–78, 84–85, 88–90, 95, 98–99, 103, 106–107, 109–110, 120, 122, 139–140, 144–145, 148, 152–153, 158–159, 160–161, 163–166, 174, 175–176, 178, 189

Companionship

, 19–20, 32–33, 68–69, 165, 185

Considering Animals

, 105–106

Consumerism

, 29–30

Crap taxidermy

, 89–90, 103–104

Cremation

, 70–72

Criminality

, 10

Daisy Pushers Mobile Pet Cremations and Aftercare

, 71–72

Death

, 3–4, 6–10, 12–14, 61–62, 68–70

culture

, 8–9

jewelry

, 77, 95–96

memento

, 77–78

rituals

, 4–5, 87–88, 89–90

Death and Burial of Cock Robin, The

, 99–100

Death Café

, 88

Decomposition

, 97

Digital communication

, 163–165

Discomfort

, 75–77, 109

emotional

, 125

Displaying Death and Animating Life: Human-Animal Relations in Art, Science, and Everyday Life

, 7–8

Domestic animals

, 19–20, 22–23, 24–25, 26–27, 29–30, 34, 35–36

Domestication

, 25–26

Dominance

, 112–113

Doug the Pug

, 170–171

Dying

, 13–14

Ears, preservation of

, 8–9

eBay

, 77–78

Elwood

, 176–181

Embalming

, 98

Emotional attachment

, 68–69

Emotional discomfort

, 125

Emotional fortitude

, 49

Emotional weakness

, 76–77

Endearment

, 24–25

Equality

, 6

Etsy

, 77–78, 82

Facebook, image sharing in

, 163–165

Face tattoo

, 47–48

Fascination

, 4–6, 9–10, 12–13, 16

Favoritism

, 24–25

Female faces on animal bodies, use of

, 46–47

Feminist perspectives of tattooing

, 53–57

Field Museum, Chicago

, 114

Fijian Islands

, 49

First tattoo renaissance

, 47–53

Floating Lockets

, 79

Flower garlands

, 98–99

Flush: A Biography

, 56

Forbes, animal image in

, 168

Freeze dry taxidermy

, 116

Freud, Sigmund

, 3–4

Fur

, 6, 20–21, 35, 44–45, 69–70, 77–79, 84–85, 94–95, 97, 157–158

Generation Y (Gen-Y)

, 32–34, 165–166

Generation Z (Gen-Z)

, 33–34

Genetic modification

, 28

Ghosting

, 165–166

Grave symbolism

, 52

Grief/grieving

, 3–5, 8–9, 11–14, 16, 35–36, 47, 52–55, 69–71, 73–77, 89–90, 96–98, 103, 122–123, 125, 139–140, 153–155, 163–166, 175–176

in social media sharing sites

, 140–142, 157–158

Grumpy Cat

, 167, 170–171

Hartford Cemetery

, 70–71

Hashtags, tattoo

, 141–146, 148–149, 157

Haunting

, 187–188

Headstone imagery

, 52

Hell on Wheels

, 55–56

Hilton, Paris

, 30–31

House Keeper Manuals

, 90–91

Houtkamp, Angelique

, 46–47

Humans and Animals

, 7–8

Hybridization

, 91

Identification purposes, tattooing for

, 52

Identity creation

, 3–4

Individuality

, 72

Infatuation

, 4–5

Inferiority

, 76–77

Infinity symbol

, 149

Ink Master

, 59–61

Insect infestation

, 97, 116

Instagram

, 166–167, 168–169

grief in

, 139–141, 143, 158

image sharing

, 163–165

influencers

, 169

modes of communication

, 172–173

narrative creation

, 173–174

tattoo designs

, 147–148, 149

tattoo hashtags

, 142–143, 144–145

Interaction

, 174–176

Interbreeding

, 28

Interpersonal relationships

, 53–55, 73–75, 165

Intonation

, 6

Japanese tattooing

, 49–50

JiffPom

, 168, 170–171

Jung, Carl

, 3–4

Kane, Lauren

, 97, 98

Kittens’ Wedding, The

, 99–100

L.A. Ink

, 58–59, 60–61

Letters to my Dog

, 175–176

London Ink

, 58–59

Loss of tone and diction

, 33–34

Love

, 3–4, 6–7, 19–20, 21–23, 185, 186

Loving partnership

, 6

Maori tribes, New Zealand

, 47–49

Marbury, Robert

, 103

Massacre, Megan

, 58–59

Memorialization

, 10, 11, 12–13, 39, 47, 53–55, 58–59, 61–62, 67, 95, 98–99, 103, 186–187

bracelets

, 80–81

brooches

, 82

necklaces

, 78–80

stuffed toys

, 82–84

Memorial narrative

, 5–6

Memorial tattoos

, 139–140, 185

data collection for

, 142–145

designs

, 145–152

grief and social media sharing sites

, 140–142

recurrent themes

, 146

results

, 152–160

See also Tattooing

Miami Ink

, 58–59

Micro Polynesia

, 49

Millennials

, 165

Moko. See Face tattoo

Mourning

, 3–5, 7–8, 9–10, 12–14, 47, 53–55, 67–81, 82–85, 87–89, 97–98, 106–107, 186–187

jewelry

, 12–13

rituals

, 39, 67–68, 89–90

Mourning Animals: Rituals and Practices of Mourning

, 7–8

Nala the Cat

, 171–172, 173

Narrative creation

, 170–174

Natural decomposition

, 116

Necklaces

, 78–80

New Zealand

anthropomorphism in

, 102–103

taxidermy in

, 91, 105–106

Non-utilitarian perspective

, 163–165

Nunez, Chris

, 58–59

O2

“Be more Dog” campaign

, 20–21

Oatman, Olive

, 55–56

Orbiting

, 165–166

Organized crime, tattooing and

, 49–50

Over-breeding

, 29, 30–31

Owner–animal relationship

, 94

Ownership

, 109, 165

narratives of

, 111–115

Oxygen Network

, 60–61

Pageantry

, 87–88

Paleolithic era

, 39–40

Parsons, Mavis Marie

, 73

Partial preservation techniques

, 94–95

Patterson, John Henry

, 113–114

Paw(s)

preservation of

, 8–9, 95–96

prints

, 147–148, 153–155

Paw-paw ointments

, 43

Percy the Persian

, 171–172

Personality

, 21–22, 97–98, 152

traits

, 25–26, 186

Personhood

, 110–111

Personification

, 22, 47

Pet-centered products

, 29–30

Pet interment

, 12–13

Pet keeping era

, 19–23, 24–36

Pet mourning jewelry

, 77–78

Pet-spam

, 176–177

Photographing dead animals

, 98–99

Physical endurance

, 49

Pinterest

grief in

, 140–141

tattoo designs

, 147–148, 149

tattoo hashtags

, 142–144

Portrait styles, of memorial tattoos

, 150–152

Potter, Walter

, 5–6, 99–100, 185

Precious Creatures

, 96–97, 120

Preservation

, 87–91, 94–95, 97–98, 102–103, 112–113

partial

, 94–95

of the ear

, 95

of the paws

, 8–9, 95–96

skin

, 116–117

Rainbow Bridge

, 148–149, 155–156

Reality television, tattooing in

, 58–63

Reddit

, 167–168

Repurposed taxidermy

, 105–106

Rogue Taxidermy movement

, 103

Romantic relationships

, 165–166

Ruckus, Rob

, 60

Russia, tattooing in

, 50

Samoan Islands

, 49

Scarification

, 39–40

Second tattoo renaissance

, 53–57

Sentimentality

, 73–75

Skin

, 3–4, 6–7, 8–9, 16, 35–36, 105, 109, 111, 114, 115–116, 163–165, 185

adornment of, with body paint

, 4

age of

, 42–43

contact

, 4–5

human versus animal

, 110–111

memorial tattoos

, 139–161

modification

, 39–40, 58, 61–62

See also Tattooing

preservation

, 89–90, 116–117

sagging

, 42–43

stretched

, 42–43

tattooing. See Tattooing

Social deviance, tattooing for

, 52

Social identity

, 87–88

Social media influencers, animals as

, 167–170

Social media sharing sites

grief in

, 140–142, 157–158

memorial tattoos

, 141–146, 148–149, 157

Spears, Britney

, 30–32

Speculative Taxidermy

, 125–126

Sterilization

, 28

Stigma

, 47–53, 73–75, 87–88

Storyteller, The

, 186–187

Stuffed toys

, 82–84

Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset

, 31

Sympathy cards

, 75–76

Tahitian Islands

, 40–42

Tattoo artists

, 44

consulting animal grief dialogues with

, 122–125

Tattooing

, 5–6, 7–8, 9–10, 11–14, 16, 35–36, 39–57, 58–64, 67–68, 118–121, 126–127, 186–188

first renaissance and stigma

, 47–53

memorial tattoos

, 139–161, 185

preservation

, 9–10

process

, 42–45

age of the skin

, 42–43

design

, 44–45, 145–152

exposure to elements

, 43

placement

, 43–44

tattoo artists

, 44

reality television

, 58–63

second renaissance and feminist perspectives

, 53–57

totemism

, 45–47

See also Skin

Tattoo Nightmares

, 59–60

Tattoo Project

, 10

Tattoo Project, The

, 53–55, 143

Taxidermy

, 5–10, 12–13, 16, 67–68, 82–85, 87–91, 94–107, 109–111, 112–113, 114, 115, 139–140, 153–155, 186–187, 188–189

animal flesh, mounting

, 115–118

anthropomorphism

, 99–106

artistry, complementary forms of

, 118–121

crap

, 89–90, 103–104

freeze dry

, 116

new directions in

, 97–99

repurposed

, 105–106

Taxidermy Art

, 103

Totem animals

, 11–12

Totemism

, 45–47

Touch

, 5–6, 163–165

Trauma of military service, tattooing and

, 52–53

Tsavo Lions

, 113–115

Union of forms

, 109–111

animal flesh, mounting

, 115–118

animal grief dialogues

, 122–125

artistry, complementary forms of

, 118–121

ownership, narratives of

, 111–115

United Kingdom

animal social media

, 168–169

anthropomorphism in

, 102–103

tattooing in

, 50–51

taxidermy in

, 92–93

Verbal communication

, 34

Vermin, Dirk

, 60

Victorian Era

, 5–6, 8–9, 11, 12–13, 24–27, 40–42, 56, 62–63, 77–78, 79, 82–84, 87–88, 95–96, 98–100

Voice

, 6

Voluntariness

, 6

von D, Kat

, 58–59

Waffles the Cat

, 171–173

White Coffee

, 173

Why Look at Animals?

, 67–68

Woolfe, Virginia

, 56

Wording, in memorial tattoos

, 149–150

Wunderkammer

, 6–7, 125–126

Yappy Hour

, 29–30

YouTube

, 167–168