Funerary Cannibalism in Dragons

Cannibalism has always been observed in all species of Dragons to some extent, with the majority of documented cases ether being the result of accidental predation or female dragons consuming their own unhatched or spoiled eggs in both sapient and feral dragons alike. Sapient dragons have also been known in times of extreme distress and starvation to resort to cannibalism, though throughout most of history this act was seen as shameful outside of select few cultural groups, often resulting in those who took part in the practice, even for survival, becoming social outcasts.   This practice heavily changed due to the The War of Black Ash, and since then, funerary cannibalism became a norm among sapient dragons as a direct result of the widespread starvation, massive extinction events, and freefall of the global climate. For most dragons alive during the time of the War of Black Ash, cannibalism became the only option to get enough food for continued survival and although many flights initially opposed, those who did not accept having to resort to eating their own kind eventually starved to death. It is thought that every dragon alive today is a direct descendant of a handful of dragons born before or during the Black Ash era, who may not have had as much societal pressure to refrain from eating their own kind.   Even far after the War of Black Ash and the recovery of the world and its ecosystems, with a plenty of food available, dragons have continued to eat their own kind, although the practice has been almost exclusive to funerary cannibalism, where in eating the dead is the primary if not the sole method of disposing of a body. This is seen in dragons of all ages, sexes, genders, and cultural groups. Not just restricted to their eggs, parent dragons will consume their stillborn young or hatchlings who have died shortly after birth, siblings one another, offspring their own parents, dragons will even consume the corpses of other dragons they did not know as a method of burial.   Other forms of cannibalism have shifted back into the taboo among draconic culture, aside from survival cannibalism which in the current era remains much more accepted as one doing what one must to survive.