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Health & Fitness

Abinanti Introduces Bill to Prohibit State Interference in Pet Cemetery Operations

Bowing to the pressure from regular cemeteries, the State has told pet cemeteries that they can no longer bury the ashes of pet owners with their pets in pet cemeteries unless they do it for free.

This is about pet owners who want the service, not pet cemeteries.

If pet cemeteries can’t even recoup the cost, they will eventually have to stop and pet owners will be denied the opportunity to be buried with their beloved pets.

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Who else is told they can no longer charge for a legal service they have been performing for over 100 years?

I’ve introduced legislation to prohibit the state from interfering with the 100 year old practice of allowing pet owners to be buried next to their pets.

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