The Haines Borough Assembly discussed the burying of people and pets.

Assembly member Heather Lende proposed amending the borough’s animal code to allow people to bury non-euthanized and non-diseased animals on their private property.

“I’m going to vote for this,” assembly member Tom Morphet said. “I think it does raise the question of why we now prohibit burial of human bodies. Conceivably you could bury a giant malamute here that’s twice the size of an…