Spain’s first public pet cemetery gives a last resting place for pets together with psychological assist for house owners.
Beginning this week, will probably be attainable to bury beloved pets in a public cemetery only for them.
Positioned in Málaga’s Parque Cementerio, this new facility is greater than only a resting place; it features a memorial park, crematorium, farewell corridor, an space for spreading ashes, and a burial zone for as much as 500 pets. Solely pets underneath 200 kilograms in weight might be accepted.
There are different pet cemeteries in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, and Zaragoza, however none of them are publicly owned just like the one in Malaga. Burying a pet in Spain will be sophisticated; doing so illegally can result in fines from €3,000 as much as €60,000.
In response to Juan Antonio de Luque, president of Málaga’s Faculty of Veterinarians, this launch is important for the Andalusian province, residence to over half 1,000,000 pets.
“There are over half 1,000,000 animals, together with canines, cats, ferrets, and different species, with 114,000 within the capital metropolis of Málaga alone. Beforehand, house owners wishing to bury their pets needed to resort to non-public cemeteries,” he informed Spanish newspaper El País.
Alongside cremation or burial, Malaga’s cemetery handles post-death paperwork like transporting deceased pets and updating registries. Much more distinctive is the psychological assist provided to house owners by psychologists.
“The problem of loss of life is taboo for society generally, however the loss of life of animals is considered much more critically as a result of individuals query whether or not the grief over dropping a canine or cat will be equated with that of dropping a human,” director of the Animals and Society division at Rey Juan Carlos College Nuria Máximo informed El País.
“As we perceive that household pets are further members, their caregivers expertise a part of that course of, that transition in direction of loss of life, and lots of lack the monetary means to bury them as they’d one other member of the family. Subsequently, it is vital to have public cemeteries, as they facilitate the grieving course of.”
The charges for the pet cemetery vary from €40 for a fundamental collective cremation to €975, relying on the service.
Building on the general public pet cemetery in Málaga began in 2016. It price €1.1 million to construct.