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Transcript: Many States Now Regulating Pet Cemetery Business
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- NPR All Things Considered
- Article date:
- March 10, 1996
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There are about 600 memorial parks throughout the country where peoplecan
lay their pets to rest. But the growing has had problems, leading
to some state laws governing what pet cemeteries can and can't do.
DANIEL ZWERDLING, Host: The remains of some of my relatives are buried
in a cemetery in the state of Virginia, and it's a pleasant one, as
cemeteries go. There are old trees and bushes and benches. And in
recent years, the cemetery's owners have showed that they know how
to keep up with the market. Beside the section where you bury people,
there's a section where you bury pets. Pet cemeteries have been
spreading across the country over the past ...