Pet Owners Forced to Dig Their Animals Up From Their Final Rest
Five days after burying “the love of his life” in a Colma pet cemetery, Jerry Cole got a letter saying his treasured white cat had to be dug up and moved.
About 1,000 animals at Pet’s Rest got to be removed because the cemetery company doesn’t own the land they were buried in.
Pet owners regard their pets as humans, and they weren’t told that this land was leased, and thus not given the opportunity to decide for a noble ending for their best friends.
Pet’s Rest owner Phillip C’de Baca gave pet owners the option of being present while cemetery workers dug up the pets. C’de Baca also offered to cremate remains or to move the remains to a part of the pet cemetery owned by Pet’s Rest.
But many pet owners, including some who rallied at the cemetery on Sunday, are outraged, saying they were not told their pets were being buried on leased land.
San Mateo County Supervisor Adrienne Tissier said she is researching whether the pet owners have any protections under state or county consumer laws that may apply to pet cemeteries.
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