Story: Pets
After Softy the guinea pig was put down, she was cremated and her ashes were returned to her owner in this rimu casket. The death of a loved pet can now be formally recognised by a newspaper death or obituary notice, a pet funeral, or burial in a pet garden of remembrance.
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Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Photograph by Emily Tutaki
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