In other economic news: Spending on pet funerals increases in Sacramento and beyond

[mfcorey1]

http://www.sacbee.com/2011/07/08/3755470/spending-on-pet-funerals-increases.html

Zoya Girard treated her beloved dachshund, Poncho, like a member of the family all his life. She's giving him the same kind of attention in death.

She wanted her 11-year-old dog to be buried in his favorite blanket, a prayer read at his graveside service and a viewing before he was laid to rest.

Girard leaned over his casket last week, looking at her beloved pet one last time in a visitation room at the East Lawn Pet Loss Center in Sacramento.

Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/07/08/3755470/spending-on-pet-funerals-increases.html#ixzz1RXhJxuhF

[provis99]

1. State Ends Funds for Funerals of Poor

http://www.kansas.com/2010/06/27/1379506/state-ends-funds-for-funerals.html

American values...

[kestrel91316]

2. Perfect. People are spending WAAAAYYYY less these days on

actual medical care for their pets. But when they inevitably die, of preventable or treatable disease, then it's "spare no expense, we LOOOOOVED Fluffy".

Oy.