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A pet cemetery is a
cemetery A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...
for
pet A pet, or companion animal, is an animal kept primarily for a person's company or entertainment rather than as a working animal, livestock, or a laboratory animal. Popular pets are often considered to have attractive appearances, intelligence ...
s.


History

Many human cultures buried animal remains. For example, the Ancient Egyptians
mummified A mummy is a dead human or an animal whose soft tissues and organs have been preserved by either intentional or accidental exposure to chemicals, extreme cold, very low humidity, or lack of air, so that the recovered body does not decay furt ...
and buried
cat The cat (''Felis catus'') is a domestic species of small carnivorous mammal. It is the only domesticated species in the family Felidae and is commonly referred to as the domestic cat or house cat to distinguish it from the wild members of ...
s, which they considered deities, and the largest known dog cemetery in the ancient world was discovered at the Ashkelon National Park in
Ashkelon Ashkelon or Ashqelon (; Hebrew: , , ; Philistine: ), also known as Ascalon (; Ancient Greek: , ; Arabic: , ), is a coastal city in the Southern District of Israel on the Mediterranean coast, south of Tel Aviv, and north of the border wit ...
,
Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
. London's Hyde Park was the site of an informal pet cemetery between 1881 and 1903, in the gatekeeper's garden. From the first burial of "Cherry" until its official closure in 1903, it received 300 burials with miniature headstones, with a final special burial of the Royal Marines mascot dog "Prince" in 1967. Cimetière des Chiens in
Asnières-sur-Seine Asnières-sur-Seine () is a commune in the Hauts-de-Seine department and Île-de-France region of north-central France. It lies on the left bank of the river Seine, some eight kilometres from the centre of Paris in the north-western suburbs of ...
in
Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...
, dating from 1899, is an elaborate, sculpted pet cemetery believed to be one of the first public
zoological Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and dis ...
necropolis in the world. America's largest and oldest pet cemetery is in
Hartsdale, New York Hartsdale is a hamlet located in the town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 5,293 at the 2010 census. It is a suburb of New York City. History Hartsdale, a CDP/hamlet/post-office in the town of Green ...
. It dates from 1896, when a veterinarian working out of
Manhattan Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...
offered to let a grieving pet owner bury her dog in his hillside apple orchard. Today, it is the final resting place for more than 70,000 animals. The
Hartsdale Pet Cemetery Hartsdale Pet Cemetery, also known as Hartsdale Canine Cemetery, is a historic pet cemetery located at Hartsdale, Westchester County, New York. It was established in 1896, and contains over 70,000 interments, with 14,000 interment lots and 7,000 ...
was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 2012. Some other famous American pet cemeteries are
Aspin Hill Memorial Park Aspin Hill Memorial Park, also known as Aspin Hill Pet Cemetery, is a pet cemetery located in Aspen Hill, Maryland, at the intersection of Georgia Avenue and Aspen Hill Road, north of Washington, D.C. The cemetery contains more than 50,000 pet ...
in
Silver Spring, Maryland Silver Spring is a census-designated place (CDP) in southeastern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, near Washington, D.C. Although officially unincorporated, in practice it is an edge city, with a population of 81,015 at the 2020 ce ...
, as well as the Pet Memorial Cemetery in
Calabasas, California Calabasas (from Spanish ''calabazas'' "gourds") is a city in the southwestern region of the San Fernando Valley, between the foothills of the Santa Monica and Santa Susanna mountains.Hopalong Cassidy's horse, Topper, Steven Spielberg's
Jack Russell Terrier The Jack Russell Terrier is a small terrier that has its origins in fox hunting in England. It is principally white-bodied and smooth, rough or broken-coated and can be any colour. Small tan and white terriers that technically belong to ot ...
, and Rudolph Valentino's dog, Kabar, are buried.


Burial options

At some cemeteries, such as Aspin Hill Memorial Park in
Silver Spring, Maryland Silver Spring is a census-designated place (CDP) in southeastern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, near Washington, D.C. Although officially unincorporated, in practice it is an edge city, with a population of 81,015 at the 2020 ce ...
human and animal remains may be interred alongside each other. In January 2010, West Lindsey District Council gave permission for a site in the village of
Stainton by Langworth Stainton by Langworth is a hamlet and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated less than north-west from the A158 road, north-east from Lincoln and north-west from Horncastle. There is a war memoria ...
to inter animal remains alongside human remains as part of a " green burial" site, making it the first place in England where pets could be buried alongside their owners."Pet lovers can be buried with their animals"
Sunday Express, accessed 25 January 2010


Gallery

File:Wien - Tierfriedhof (2).JPG, Pet cemetery in
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File:Pet cemetery, Helsinki, Finland 4.jpg, Pet cemetery in
Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city ...
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Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
File:Tierheim-Berlin-Friedhof-01.jpg, Pet cemetery in
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File:Karoliniškės Pet Cemetery, 2015 13.JPG, Pet cemetery in
Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ...
, Lithuania File:Pet Cemetery (Portugal, 1994).jpg, Pet cemetery in Lisbon,
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File:Kaknas 2007 3.jpg, Pet cemetery in Stockholm, Sweden


See also

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Animal loss The loss of a pet or an animal to which one has become emotionally bonded oftentimes results in grief which can be comparable with the death of a human loved one, or even greater, depending on the individual. The death can be felt more intensely ...
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Pet Sematary ''Pet Sematary'' is a 1983 horror novel by American writer Stephen King. The novel was nominated for a World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1984, and adapted into two films: one in 1989 and another in 2019. In November 2013, PS Publishing r ...
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References


External links


Founded in 1899, the oldest pet cemetery is near Paris, FranceInternational Association Of Pet Cemeteries & CrematoriesInterfaith Association of Animal ChaplainsVirtual Pet cemeteryA Virtual Pet cemeteryPet Cemeteries
– slideshow by '' Life magazine''
Pet Cemetery Directory
– for pet cemeteries across the US and Canada
Aspin Hill Pet Cemetery HistoryPet Cemetery in Athens
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