pet cemetery

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Many human cultures buried animal remains. For example, the Ancient Egyptians mummified and buried cats, which they considered deities; one of the oldest known pet cemeteries, the Berenice pet cemetery, mainly used for cat burials, was found during the excavation of the Berenice Troglodytica seaport in 2011 and was used between the 1st and 2nd century CE.{{cite news |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/graves-nearly-600-cats-and-dogs-ancient-egypt-may-be-world-s-oldest-pet-cemetery |title=Graves of nearly 600 cats and dogs in ancient Egypt may be world's oldest pet cemetery |author=Grimm, David |date=26 February 2021 |work=Science |access-date=28 July 2023}} Archaeologists have found that dogs were buried alongside humans in Siberia as many as 8,000 years ago.{{cite news |url=https://www.archaeology.org/news/4230-160303-siberia-domesticated-dogs |title=Siberia's Ancient Dog Burials |date=March 3, 2016 |work=Archaeology |publisher=Archaeological Institute of America |access-date=28 July 2023}} The Ashkelon dog cemetery, the largest known dog cemetery in the ancient world, was discovered at the Ashkelon National Park in Ashkelon, Israel.{{cite web|last=Stager|first=Lawrence E.|date=May–June 1991|title=Why were hundreds of dogs buried at Ashkelon|url=https://www.baslibrary.org/biblical-archaeology-review/17/3/1|access-date=December 29, 2020|website=bib-arch.org}}

The Hiran Minar near Lahore, Pakistan is a minaret that was built in approximately 1606 CE by the Mughal Emperor Jahangir in honor of his beloved pet antelope Mansraj.{{cite web |url=https://tourism.punjab.gov.pk/hiran-minar |title=Hiran Minar |publisher=Tourism, Archaeology and Museums Department, Government of the Punjab |access-date=28 July 2023}}

London's Hyde Park was the site of an informal pet cemetery between 1881 and 1903, in the gatekeeper's garden.{{cite web|url=http://www.funlondontours.com/news/victorian-pet-cemetery-hyde-park |title=The Victorian Pet Cemetery of Hyde Park|website=Fun London Tours|date=10 July 2018 }} From the first burial of "Cherry" until its official closure in 1903, it received 300 burials with miniature headstones,{{cite web |url=http://londoninsight.wordpress.com/2010/10/06/pet-cemetery-hyde-park/ |title=The Pet Cemetery of Hyde Park |website=London Insight Blog |date=6 October 2010}} with a final special burial of the Royal Marines mascot dog "Prince" in 1967.{{cite web |url=http://london365.co.uk/hyde-park-pet-cemetery |title=Hyde Park Pet Cemetery |website=London 365 |date=11 November 2012}}

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Cimetière des Chiens in Asnières-sur-Seine in Paris, dating from 1899, is an elaborate, sculpted pet cemetery believed to be one of the first public zoological necropolis in the world.[http://www.lostandfond.co.uk/news-features/2010-08/tour-parisian-pet-cemetery-cimetiere-du-chiens A tour of Parisian pet cemetery Cimetière des Chiens] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222084040/http://www.lostandfond.co.uk/news-features/2010-08/tour-parisian-pet-cemetery-cimetiere-du-chiens |date=22 February 2012 }}

America's largest and oldest pet cemetery is the Hartsdale Pet Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York. It dates from 1896, when a veterinarian working out of Manhattan offered to let a grieving pet owner bury her dog at his hillside apple orchard. Today, it is the final resting place to around 80,000 animals including famous ones like Mariah Carey's cat Clarence and Ming the tiger.{{cite web |url=http://www.lostandfond.co.uk/news-features/2010-12/apple-orchard-became-new-yorks-famous-hartsdale-pet-cemtery |title=Apple orchard that became New York's famous Hartsdale Pet Cemetery}} The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/listings/20120824.htm|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings|date=2012-08-24|work=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/13/12 through 8/17/12 |publisher=National Park Service}} Some other famous American pet cemeteries include Aspin Hill Memorial Park in Silver Spring, Maryland, believed to be the second-oldest in America,{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2015/12/11/55000-petsand-30-peopleare-buried-in-silver-springs-aspin-hill-memorial-park/ |title=55,000 Pets—and 30 People—Are Buried in Silver Spring's Aspin Hill Memorial Park |author=Blitz, Matt |date=December 11, 2015 |work=Washingtonian |access-date=28 July 2023}}{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/more-than-50000-animals-are-buried-in-this-cemetery/2019/09/03/66aef092-ce53-11e9-87fa-8501a456c003_story.html |title=More than 50,000 animals are buried in this cemetery |author=Kelly, John |date=September 3, 2019 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=28 July 2023}} as well as the Pet Memorial Cemetery in Calabasas, California, where Hopalong Cassidy's horse, Topper, Steven Spielberg's Jack Russell Terrier, and Rudolph Valentino's dog, Kabar, are buried.{{cite web|website=Roadside America|url= http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/3626|title=Grave of a Petey, Little Rascals Dog|access-date=15 June 2016}}

At some cemeteries, such as Aspin Hill Memorial Park,{{cite web|website=Roadside America|url= http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/3626|title=Grave of a Petey, Little Rascals Dog|access-date=15 June 2016}} 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 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.{{cite news |url=http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/153754/Pet-lovers-can-be-buried-with-their-animals |title=Pet lovers can be buried with their animals |newspaper=Sunday Express |access-date=25 January 2010}}

In 2011, New York State formally adopted guidelines to allow human burials in pet cemeteries as long as the cemetery doesn't advertise it or charge a burial fee.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/07/nyregion/human-burial-pet-cemetery.html |title=Who Was the Mysterious Woman Buried Alone at the Pet Cemetery? |last=Keh |first=Andrew |date=January 7, 2024 |website=The New York Times}}

File:Hiran Minar- monument to Mansraj.jpg|Hiran Minar near Lahore, Pakistan

File:Meher Babas Animal Tombs.jpg|Meher Baba's animal tombs, Upper Meherabad

File:Wien - Tierfriedhof (2).JPG|Pet cemetery in Vienna, Austria

File:Pet cemetery, Helsinki, Finland 4.jpg|Pet cemetery in Helsinki, Finland

File:Tierheim-Berlin-Friedhof-01.jpg|Pet cemetery in Berlin, Germany

File:Karoliniškės Pet Cemetery, 2015 13.JPG|Pet cemetery in Vilnius, Lithuania

File:Pet Cemetery (Portugal, 1994).jpg|Pet cemetery in Lisbon, Portugal

File:Kaknas 2007 3.jpg|Pet cemetery in Stockholm, Sweden

File:Pet Cemetery -San Francisco-3.jpg|Pet cemetery in the Presidio of San Francisco, California

File:Dog funeral, 10-7-21 LOC npcc.05120.jpg|Dog funeral at Aspin Hill Memorial Park (1921) in Silver Spring, Maryland

File:Pet Cemetery -- Sante Fe, Texas.jpg|Pet cemetery in Santa Fe, Texas

File:Hale's Half Acre Pet Cemetery -- Houston.jpg|Hale's Half Acre Pet Cemetery in Houston, Texas

File:Corrigin Dog Cemetery, 2018 (01).jpg|Corrigin Dog Cemetery in Corrigin, Western Australia

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• [http://www.asnieres-patrimoine.fr/cimetiere-des-chiens-1899-2019-120-ans/ Founded in 1899, the oldest pet cemetery is near Paris, France]
• [https://www.animalplatform.com/rainbow-bridge/pet-memorial.html Virtual Pet Cemetery - Rainbow Bridge Pet Memorial]
• [http://www.iaopc.com International Association Of Pet Cemeteries & Crematories]
• [http://www.AnimalChaplains.com Interfaith Association of Animal Chaplains]
• [http://www.petgravebook.com Virtual Pet cemetery]
• [http://www.restpet.com A Virtual Pet cemetery]
• [http://www.petlada.com pets lovers]
• [http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/35062/farewell-fido-pet-cemeteries Pet Cemeteries] – slideshow by Life magazine
• [http://www.everlifememorials.com/pet-cemetery-directory-s/348.htm Pet Cemetery Directory] – for pet cemeteries across the US and Canada
• [https://petcemeterystories.net/aspin-hill-history/ Aspin Hill Pet Cemetery History]
• [https://animal-cemetery.gr/en/ Pet Cemetery in Athens] – animal burial unit under European license

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