The Los Angeles Pet Memorial Park, formerly called the Los Angeles Pet Cemetery, is a 10 acre pet cemetery located in Calabasas, California, United States.[1][2][3][4]
History
editThe Los Angeles Memorial Pet Park was founded in 1928 by veterinarian Eugene Jones, and was originally 15 acres. In 1973, Jones's family donated the site to the Los Angeles branch of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA).[5] The Los Angeles ASPCA then sold five acres of the land to real estate developers, which caused owners of pets buried there to advocate for maintaining the site's integrity. In 1986, the site was afforded the same legal status as a human cemetery and development of the land is permanently illegal, one of the few pet cemeteries in the USA to have such a status.
Notable burials
edit- Pete the Pup
- Jiggs (chimpanzee)
- Room 8 (a cat)
- Tawny the Lion
- Russell The Bunny
- Kabar – Rudolph Valentino's Dog
References
edit- ^ Memories of beloved pets live on at cemetery Retrieved on 12 December 2016
- ^ Pet cemetery in Calabasas worth a visit Retrieved on 12 December 2016
- ^ Paying respects at LA's celebrity pet cemetery – resting place of more than 40,000 animals Retrieved on 12 December 2016
- ^ Hunting Grounds: The Los Angeles Pet Memorial Park in Calabasas Retrieved on 12 December 2016
- ^ Ives, Zoe (November 23, 2021). "LA County's Oldest Pet Cemetery Is Part Of Hollywood's Golden Age". LAist. Retrieved July 18, 2024.