Posted on 07/10/2009 1:08:50 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
We have one dog buried in the back yard under a tree; he was a rescue dog that was VERY hard to train, but he lived a good life out here on the farm with us for a few years before he died. Both of our senior cats (17 and 15) were cremated at our AWESOME Vet's office and all of our subsequent dogs have been and will be as well.
And for those of you who beat me up a few weeks ago for claiming that animals don't have souls; well, have at it again, LOL! (They don't!)
P.S. And what the heck is even LEFT of thes pets? Some of them have been in the ground since 1964!
How terrible for the people who have their pets buried there. We have our own pet cemetery in our backyard, and each of our animals have memorials. I can’t imagine moving now.
Some people are very lonely and those pets may have been their companion for years before crossing the Rainbow Bridge. I see no need to be disrespectful to those who are placed in this emotional situation.
It’s a freaking animal. We donate our dead pets to the vet school.
“I see no need to be disrespectful to those who are placed in this emotional situation.”
“Its a freaking animal. We donate our dead pets to the vet school.”
This thread will run from A to Z, I’m predicting, LOL!
This doesn’t seem right at all. I would file an injunction if I had buried a pet there.
I think some people place too much importance on remains but these people did PAY to have a burial spot for their pets. The woman’s family should AT LEAST refund the money they paid to have the pets buried there or pay to have them relocated. A lawsuit is probably forthcoming.
I agree. From a Cpaitalist point of view, this pet cemetery family IS ripping off the ‘consumer’ even though all indications are that the woman who ran the place was half nuts to begin with.
I can see why the heirs are running for cover...and most likely lawyers. ;)
MUHAHAHAHHAHAHAAH!
Its a freaking animal. We donate our dead pets to the vet school.
It’s a family member, pal. Frankly, you shouldn’t be permitted to have a pet.
Same author, same story from one year ago; people were assured that their pets’ remains would stay put:
Thistlerose Pet Cemetery may live on
Posted: July 15, 2008
Jim Stingl
Now the owner of defunct Thistlerose Pet Cemetery and Crematory in Greendale is telling people to hold off on digging up their dogs and cats.
When I wrote about this two weeks ago, Yvonne Hanson was saying the property is for sale, and she encouraged removal of the remains buried there. She estimates that 25 graves have been emptied by owners since then, and animal caskets moved elsewhere.
Put down the shovels for the time being, because Thistlerose may live on right there at the corner of S. 68th St. and W. Loomis Road.
The plan now is to divide the 1.8-acre parcel into two pieces and sell the cemetery portion of the property to another pet cemetery thats willing to keep it going.
The rest of the land, which holds a house and dog kennels, would be sold separately, possibly to the owner of a nursing home next door, said Warren Klaus, a lawyer representing Hanson and six other grandchildren heirs of Eleanor Jolly, who ran Thistlerose for half a century. She died in February.
The animal graves will never be destroyed, Klaus vowed.
It just cant happen as long as we represent them, he said. The last scene that we want to be part of, as a law firm or as a family, is to have the Journal (Sentinel) or the TV have a production out there where theres a yellow Caterpillar bulldozing over Fifis headstone.
It took Thistlerose a while, but it sounds like theyve come up with the right answer. You dont just close a cemetery pets or people and say tough luck. Plus, someones bound to sue you. Hanson said some people have cussed her out.
Up to this time, Klaus said, we have not been able to find any state statute, any case law, that says there are inherent rights to keep these (pet) cemeteries into perpetuity. But that doesnt mean morally that somebody ought to go out there and start forcing people to move graves of pets.
Ive been hearing from folks who unearthed pets in recent days rather than risk the bulldozer scenario.
Alex Johnson of Sheboygan had help from his son digging up three dogs that his now-deceased parents buried in the 1980s and 1990s.
It was not a fun task, he said. It took the two of us about one and a half hours to unearth the dogs on a hot and muggy day.
They took the three caskets to a pet cemetery in Sheboygan and paid $400 to rebury them.
Marion Hintz of Oak Creek was all set to rebury her cat, Fufu, on some land that her daughters friend has. Then she spoke to Hanson, who said, Dont move him. The cat can stay.
Kathleen Cudahy wrote to me from New York. She said her 84-year-old parents are worried about the dachshund, Pretzel, they buried at Thistlerose in the 1960s.
Anyways, here I am in Manhattan trying to figure out how one exhumes a dachshund that died 44 years ago, cremate whatever and rebury same, she said.
Pretzel was buried at Thistlerose about the same time as Jayne Mansfields dog, which died while the Pamela Anderson of her day was visiting Milwaukee and performing in a play. Efforts were made on Thistleroses behalf earlier this month to contact Mansfields daughter, Law and Order star Mariska Hargitay, to see if the family wanted the grave moved. So far theres been no response.
But now the question appears to be moot. If the sale works out as planned, Mansfields Chihuahua and hundreds of other pets of less renown can stay put.
I’m in favor of using a combination of two species of insects to reduce unwanted animal remains and cadavers to clean bones, as a relatively fast, inexpensive, and clean disposal technique. This technique has long been used by natural history museums to clean bones for display.
Instead of wasting and possibly contaminating good land, or using a huge amount of fuel for cremation, all that remains are more insects that can be safely and cleanly disposed as organic waste.
It also provides for the recovery of artificial parts for recycling. Dry bones can then be ground for powder, then briefly heated to insure sterility before being placed in an urn. Otherwise, they might be preserved in an religious ossuary.
While unknown in America, the last major active European ossuary at Douaumont in France contains the remains of more than 130,000 French and German soldiers that fell at the Battle of Verdun during World War I.
You know what creeped me out? When I was down south (the Carolinas, NOLA, etc.) and all of the ‘graves’ are ABOVE ground. *SHIVER*
I totally understand it based upon sea levels, but again, I agree with you on the waste of real estate.
What’s your take on golf courses?
O M G !
Jerry: “Hey, Kramer! I dug Fredo up,now let’s cut him open!”
I'm not saying animals can't have and express emotions and loyalty, but souls are what sets people apart. Animals were a gift from God put here for our use, be that food, clothing, or companionship, but souls? Nah, I'm with you.
Thank you! :) Man, I got the SNOT beat out of me a few weeks ago on that subject; guess those were fly-by-night Freepers, LOL!
(Of course I held my ground...)
That is your opinion. We’ve never had any “freakin” animals as you said. We have had loving, loyal pets and we have cared for them in death as we cared for them in life. We gave them a dignified goodbye.
“Sometimes...dead’s bettah.”
Neither animals, nor humans, have “souls”.
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