Can my pet be buried with me? USA and UK discussed
Can my pet be buried with me? This is a question I had asked myself since long before I lost my dog Dreyfuss in September. Have any of you asked yourself this question? My...
Tagged: cat burial
Pet cemetery headstones tell us about our evolving relationship with companion animals
Dr Eric Tourigny, Lecturer in Historical Archaeology at Newcastle University began a survey into the memorials written on the headstones of dogs at UK’s pet cemeteries in January 2019. On 9 January 2019 he...
Woman knew her cat was dying so she placed her under her favourite bush in backyard
Wendy Boucher-Fischer writing on Quora.com describes how her cat Miss Kitty died of natural causes at the age of 20 at her home. I am surprised at her description. She writes that she knew...
Man buries his cat thinking he was killed in RTA
This is what I would describe as another cat burial mixup arising out of a road traffic accident in which a black cat was killed. Nathan Sonoras was incredibly distraught when he saw a...
Pet cemetery lease expires so what happens to the animals’ remains?
This is a terrible failure in management by the leaseholders of a pet cemetery in the state of Michigan, US. The Heavenly Acres pet cemetery in Genoa Township has closed because the lease on...
Cat headstone sums up our relationship
The headstone for domestic cat, Dewey, nicely sums up the relationship between human and cat. He lived from 1898-1910. His life was quite short but in those days the lives of domestic cats were...
A ‘health issue’ meant Animal Control dumped road kill cat on landfill
This tabby cat fell through the cracks in the procedures governing animal control services in Newfoundland, Canada. There are lessons to be learned. Megan LeRoux let her five-year-old tabby cat, George, roam outside. Megan...
Death of a beloved 9-year-old cat made the news in 1895
Although a bit belated, our sympathies go out this weekend to Sammie Martin in the death of his cat. There’s actually an interesting story behind this article. I was recently given a subscription for...
Who wants their ashes buried with their cat?
This is a bit morbid but practical nonetheless. Some people bury their cats at a pet cemetery. There is a pet cemetery not that far from where I live. There is at least one...
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