A New Law Now Allows Humans To Be Buried With Their Pets
New York just changed the rules for pet owners who want to stay close to their animals, even after death. A new law now allows humans to be buried with their pets, giving families one more way to honor that bond.
For many people, pets are more than companions, they are part of the family. That is why this change has struck such a chord, especially for anyone who has ever wondered why love should end at the cemetery gate.
In New York, that question now has a very different answer.
In the past, if people wanted to be buried with their pets, they had to be interred in a pet cemetery.
Now, though, the law in New York has changed, allowing humans to have their pets buried in human cemeteries with them.
The law doesn't just extend to cats and dogs; pretty much any kind of pet can be buried with their owners.
However, religious cemeteries and individual cemeteries are exempt from the law and may decline to allow pets to be buried there.
In the past, people may have had to sneak the remains of their pets into cemeteries in order to have them informally buried with them. The law change in New York will prevent this and reduce the stress on living family members trying to carry out their deceased loved ones' wishes to be buried with their pets.
Pets are a part of our families, so why shouldn't they be able to rest among the rest of their family—human or not?
Hopefully, other places will follow suit, so our families can stay united forever!
Before you bring your dog anywhere, read the Redditor who explains why it’s posted everywhere.
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