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Pet Adoption After Losing a Pet If your family has experienced the loss of a pet, or if your pet is getting older, one thing that often comes to mind is whether or not you are ready for another pet. Should you wait or get a new pet right away? Should you wait until the older pet dies and first have a pet memorial for the kids? Would getting a new dog traumatize the older pet? Should you buy or adopt a pet? Pet Memorials and Cemeteries in Europe For centuries people from around the world have honored pets upon their death and buried their beloved friends in pet cremation urns or pet cemetaries, which are not new to history. Cherish Memories of Pets in Artistic Pet Cremation Urns Memorializing pets is growing in popularity and people are adopting more creative ways to preserve the memory of their beloved pets. Many are seeking ways that they can honor their cherished friends with artistic pet memorials or pet urns that blend with the home and are also eco-friendly. Historic Cats: A 9,500 Year Old Pet Memorial Cherished as our companions, worshipped as idols, and used for pest control and good luck, cats are more than 9,500 years old. It's been estimated that there are more than 90 million domestic cats in the U.S.and upon their death, people then buried cats in timbs, and today we honor and cremate our beloved pets and put them in pet cremaiton urns or bury them with pet memorial stones. Pet Memorials Began during World War I Dogs were reported to perform acts of heroism during World War I, when the concept of pet memorials gained wider acceptance. More pets were buried at Hartsdale Pet Cemetery and Crematory, America's oldest pet memorial burial grounds, than during the previous two decades. At the War's end there were more than 2,000 graves at Hartsdale, where pets are buried in pet urns, and pet caskets with pet memorial markers.