Historical past informs us that people worldwide for many centuries have honored both their loved ones as well as their pets upon their death via elaborate human funerals, as well as sacred pet memorials. Cremation started close to 3000 B.C. It started in the Near East then the practice extended through northern Europe it then moved to the British Isles currently known as Spain and Portugal during the Bronze Age from 2500 to 1000 B.C. From the time of the Roman Empire — 27 B.C. to 395 A.D. cremation is currently employed all over the empire and the use of intricately decorated jars to hold the ashes became a custom. By 400 A.D., Constantine’s Christianization of the kingdom lead to earth burials completely replacing cremation. For the next 1,500 years, this type of disposition has remained the standard all throughout Europe.
An illustration is the uncovering of an ancient pet cemetery along with the remains of 1000 dogs that can be traced back to the Persian rule in Palestine around 539 to 332 BC.
Modern cremation and pet memorials began a little over a century ago in the United States. The oldest and extremely revered pet memorial and burial ground goes by the title of Hartsdale Pet Cemetery and Crematory. Established in 1896, close to the end of the War there were more than 2,000 burial plots in this Westchester County, New York cemetery. In this place pets are placed to rest in coffins and urns made especially for them along with custom made gravestones and pet memorials services at the graveside. There are more than 70,000 pets laid to rest there today.
The Le Cimetiere des Chiens D’Asnieres-Sur-Seine in France has set up a giant sculpture of a Saint Bernard and a child. This dog called Barry saved 40 individuals in the Alps right before he lost his life while attempting to rescue the 41st person.
A noted increase in cremation has been noted as as opposed to ground burials thus fueling the need to find a final resting place for the remains of a beloved pet. Pet masters have different preferences some would prefer to scatter their pet’s ashes while others opt to keeping the ashes by placing it inside a cremation urn.
At present a new style has surfaced and this trend is labelled as tribute art where painters are hired in order to paint a portrait of their beloved pets and loved ones.
with the use of the cremated ashes. The remains along with a number of hair strands are then incorporated into the art work. Abstract art has been described as art that picks up where religious art left off, and it often renders the same feelings refined to the substance of color and form.
A lot of testimonials seem to confirm that these tribute paintings for pet memorials help speed up the healing process after the loss of a beloved pet.
