In New York, Pet Owners Can Now Be Buried With Pets

Make room, Fido. New regulations will allow New York animal lovers to spend eternity with their pets. The only catch: Pet cemeteries can only bury pet owners' ashes as long as they don't charge a fee for it and don't advertise human burial services. New York's Division of Cemeteries put a halt to human burials at pet cemeteries in 2011 after an AP story about the practice. It later relaxed the ban on a limited basis and began working on permanent rules that got finalized this month. The Daily News, which talks to one pet cemetery owner who says he gets five or six such requests per year, has more details. (More pets stories.)