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Cremations for Pet Companions
For many pet owners, the loss of a pet is the equivalent to the loss of human companion. When it comes to owning pets a degree of trust, emotional comfort and attachment grows in the same way humans develop relationships with each other. For those pet owners, an animal companion is seen similarly as a member of the family. Because of this, pet memorials have been steadily on the[...]
The Healthy and Not So Healthy Way to Cope with Pet Loss
It is no secret that pets can enhance our lives, they offer uncompromisable companionship, emotional support‚ and unconditional love. The bonds some people develop with their pets can be just as strong if not stronger than the bonds they have with other people or even family members. For some[...]
The Pros and Cons of Pet Cremation and Burial
While there are many options for arranging a funeral sendoff that memorializes and commemorates a life lived, pet funerals are increasingly growing more popular as pets are being recognized more as members of a family rather than just a pet. As such, when the death of a family pet occurs, there often comes with it a special kind of sorrow similar to the grief felt when a loved one[...]
The Continuing Evolution of Pet Funerals
In the Chauvet Cave of France, archeologists made a 26,000 year old discovery when torch wipes on the cave wall and footprints made by a child and a dog revealed that the child had been navigating through a dark corridor accompanied by a canine companion – the oldest indication of canine domestication.In the fossil site of Predmosti in the Moravian region of the Czech Republic, an[...]
Controversy Surrounding Pet Obituaries
“An obituary is, in many cases, a first draft of history. It is a miniature biography, a culture's recognition of a well-lived life. It can inform everything written from there on out; yet it is in the hands of a stranger. An opportunity to shape that process few people can pass up.” - Janny Scott, New York Times, July 8, 2001At first they were scarcely noticeable – little[...]
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