Pet-Only Funeral Home Opens In Fla.
Viewing Areas, Space For Services Provided
POSTED: Saturday, May 17, 2008
UPDATED: 10:09 am EDT May 19,
2008
PINELLAS PARK, Fla. -- The state's first pet-only funeral home has opened in Central Florida.
IMAGES: First Pet-Only Funeral Home
The Pet Angel Memorial Center offers human touches to help pet owners mourn their animals, including viewing areas and a space for services.The service is part of a growing interest in pet loss services."We started the business because I don't have two-legged children," Pet Angel Memorial owner Colleen Ellis said. "All I have is four-legged children and I wanted her treated in the same way as the human funeral business, which is the business I come from."A new poll shows more Americans believe animals go to heaven.The funeral home will take care of all pets from dogs to iguanas, the report said.The services range in prices from $150 to thousands of dollars.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
IMAGES: First Pet-Only Funeral Home The Pet Angel Memorial Center offers human touches to help pet owners mourn their animals, including viewing areas and a space for services.The service is part of a growing interest in pet loss services."We started the business because I don't have two-legged children," Pet Angel Memorial owner Colleen Ellis said. "All I have is four-legged children and I wanted her treated in the same way as the human funeral business, which is the business I come from."A new poll shows more Americans believe animals go to heaven.The funeral home will take care of all pets from dogs to iguanas, the report said.The services range in prices from $150 to thousands of dollars.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
Copyright 2008 by Internet Broadcasting Systems and Local6.com.
All rights reserved. This material may
not be published, broadcast, rewritten
or redistributed.
Three Disney employees are placed on paid leave pending the investigation into Sunday's fatal monorail crash, according to a Disney spokeswoman.
Days before Austin Wuennenberg was killed in a monorail crash at Disney, he helped make a 4-year-old boy's dream come true.
A clerk at a pizzeria cut himself and falsely reported an armed robbery to cover up his drug habit, sheriff's deputies say.
A former Central Florida middle school teacher who pleaded guilty to having sex with a student is sentenced to five years in jail.
Officials investigate the first fatal accident in the 38-year history of Walt Disney World's monorail.
Thousands flock to a small church in Limerick, Ireland, to pray at the stump of a recently cut tree that many believe looks like the Virgin Mary.
Since Michael Jackson died June 25, fans from around the world have expressed their grief in flowers, balloons, teddy bears, candles, pictures and handwritten notes left throughout the city.
Email Alerts
RSS News Feeds
Mobile
Live Streams
Slideshows
Video
Search
