Before pet cemeteries became a thing in the mid-19th century, few options existed for disposing of a beloved dog or cat (or parrot or monkey). In Paris, 5,000 dead animals a year were tossed in the ...

It’s the old chew toys that really get you. Lying on its side, encircled in stone, there’s Peaches’ green rubber porcupine, collecting desert dust for decades. Beneath a cast-iron cactus, oxidized by ...

One of the cat statues placed around the grounds of Clara Glen Pet Cemetery in Linwood, Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. Get Photo The headstone for Bozo (1939), with the inscription "A swell dog," at Clara ...

Carol Caprita founded the Woodside Pet Cemetery in 1967 in Bethlehem Township. The cemetery is the final resting place for 3,750 animals -- and 16 humans. Caprita, 80, plans to be buried at the ...

OLYMPIA -- State Sen. Ken Jacobsen of Seattle has introduced a bill that would allow cat and dog remains to be buried with humans in cemeteries meant for people. Jacobsen told The Seattle Times he got ...

Editor’s Note: Eric Tourigny is a lecturer in historical archaeology at Newcastle University, UK. His research interprets osteological and material culture remains alongside historic texts to examine ...

The whole idea of burying the family dog in a pet cemetery seemed strange to Gary Stancliff. "I thought that (animal graveyards) were kind of weird, to be honest," said Stancliff, 39, of Wesleyville.

Adam Smith, from Redditch Borough Council, said he expects considerable demand for the service. Redditch Borough Council is to start offering pet cremations - in the hope it will raise money for front ...

YOU SHOULD NOT APPROACH THE MOUNTAIN LION. A NEBRASKA LANDMARK WILL HONOR MAN’S BEST FRIEND. FOREST LAWN CEMETERY IS OPENING OMAHA’S FIRST PET CEMETERY. THE FOREVER FRIEND CEMETERY WILL HAVE SPACE FOR ...