Pet funeral services, a growing business

Those who have pets know that they are part of the family and when a pet dies is actually the loss of a loved one. Over the last decades the number of companies dedicated to funeral pets has increased.

In North America there are several companies engaged in the business of pet funerals and offer various services required, such as:

- Pick up

- Individual or collective cremation

- Burial

- Caskets, boxes and custom urns

Pet funerals, some companies:

Pet Heaven, Crematorium & Funeral Chapel

Calgary, Alberta, Canada
With chapel, minister and literature
http://www.petheavencalgary.com/

Pets at Peace

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Also offers online memorial
http://www.petsatpeace.ca/

The Pet Funeral Home
Fredericton, NB, Canada
With graveyard, chapel, perpetual maintenance of graves, among other services.
http://www.thepetfuneralhome.com/

Funeral Pet Mexico
Offers national and imported urns, reunion rooms, guides, cafeteria, kids area, music, wifi, etc.

http://www.funeralpet.com.mx/

Pet Angel Memorial Center

Florida, USA
Offers support after the lost, memorial center, souvenirs (key chain, jewerly), etc.
http://www.petangelmemorialcenter.com/

Deceased Pet Care, Atlanta, GA, USA
http://www.deceasedpetcare.com/

*1 -Pet owners spare no expense to bury their beloved animals
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/lifestyle/pets/2010-03-17-petfunerals17_ST_N.htm

*2- Pet funeral business beginning to boom
http://www.today.com/money/pet-funeral-business-beginning-boom-998633 

Obviously many of these services are not cheap. An article published by USA Today (* 1) mentions that a casket can cost about $ 500, while all the funeral service can cost 2,000 to $ 3,000. Good deal? Not surprisingly, since it is estimated that, on average, Americans spend about 53 billion dollars a year on their pets, according to Today.com. (* 2) At the end of their lives our loved ones deserves a dignified tribute.

http://www.petsatpeace.ca/

http://www.petsatpeace.ca/