Sorrowful Situation at Bay Area Pet Cemetery

Since early June a local pet cemetery was in the news because of its loss of the lease on part of the land where some of the pet remains are buried. A 15-day notice letter was sent out to the pet owners and caretakers in May. But by June workers were unearthing the pet remains to comply with landowner's lease agreement to vacate the land by a certain time period, regardless of whether or not pet owners were working to move their pets' remains.

From what I've read and seen on the news and on the pet cemetery web site, the pet cemetery owner was trying to purchase the leased property or thought he could. Apparently, the other party thought differently and would only communicate through their attorney. Whatever the case, it looks like the pet cemetery owner is on the short end and can't do anything but comply with the contract.

This whole situation is sad for all of the pet owners who thought their pets' remains would stay buried in the cemetery forever. It is bad enough to go through the grieving process when the pet died. To go through it all over again is terrible.

Links

Pet's Rest Cemetery
Save Pet's Rest
ABC7 News Video
ABC7 News Story
NBC11 June 13 News Story
CBS5 News Story
KRON4's Pets Page - includes section on pet loss