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Article: JIM STINGL; IN MY OPINION Unearthed, pets are off to new final rest
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- August 26, 2009
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The final chapter of the Thistlerose Pet Cemetery saga is being
written this week with shovels, ground-penetrating radar and sighs
of relief from owners of long-deceased dogs and cats.
Removal of about 180 caskets is under way at the defunct animal
cemetery and kennel at S. 68th St. and W. Loomis Road in Greendale.
It's slow going. Each grave is dug with hand tools to avoid
damaging the mostly plastic caskets. Some of the boxes weigh 100
pounds or more. On Monday, 19 sets of remains were unearthed and
loaded into a trailer.
In a sort of two-vehicle funeral procession, I followed the
trailer to the pet section of Forest Hill Memorial Park in Oak
Creek, where the caskets of various sizes were ...