The owner of an Illinois pet cemetery, Joe Abts, reportedly committed suicide last Wednesday after the start of an investigation by the Tazewell County Sheriff’s Department for allegedly fraudulent behaviour in providing customers with “fake ashes”. It is not clear whether the customers received the ashes of pets other than their own or whether …
There is an interesting story in the newspapers today about pet cremations; a subject which has always concerned me. When I have my deceased cat cremated I make sure that I see her/him go into the oven and that (s)he is the only cat in the oven and removed from the oven which all …
Here are some thoughts about burying your cat when she passes on. It might be worth mentioning that in the UK you can’t set up a pet cemetery without getting permission from Defra. Also you can bury horses on your land in England but in Scotland and Wales they have to be pets. You …
I have become morbid! This has been brought about by reading an article in the Times newspaper in which they report that “Germans are laid to rest beside pets”. My mind also turned to the original and first domestic cat that we know of found lying in a grave next to his/her human companion, …
The question, “What do I do my cat dies at home?” is answered here. You can see that I’ve added to the question “at home” because if a cat dies at a veterinary clinic the answer to the question will be answered by the veterinarian and his usual answer will be to cremate your …
It is alleged that operators of a pet crematorium in the UK faked cremations. They sent the ashes of other animals to the owners and simultaneously dumping their dogs and cats in a freezer. We don’t know what happened to the cats and dogs in the freezer but I’d bet my bottom dollar that …
by Sylvia Ann You mercy-killed him on a Thursday. ‘Call us next Wednesday.’ the vet nurse tells you. ‘It takes five or six days.’ Wednesday arrives, with no word. Eleven days later – the following Monday – a man with a blandiloquent voice answers the phone at the crematorium. ‘Uh…what’s the name again?’ he …
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 in New York, USA. There are probably many more. Well, you may have heard that New York’s Division of Cemeteries …
