Last rites for Fido costlier than some think
San Francisco area reports reveal growing pet burial trade as families lavish on pets. Dick Hayes of Pet's Rest in Mill Valley offers caskets from 342.50 to 1600 plus vaults over 1,000, while Eugene and Julie Taylor opened one of the first pet cemeteries 25 years ago near San Francisco. Burials start at 90 with add-ons like fabric-lined caskets and viewing rooms. some clients seek graves near human sites, despite law.
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San Francisco
Dick Hayes
Pet's Rest
Pat's Rest
San Francisco Bay Area
Hayes’ Shop
Mill Valley
Hayes
Eugene
Julie Taylor
Calma
Taylor
Mrs. Taylor
Bob DeRasia
Warm’ Springs
Fremont
Htabl
Jady
Marti
Pet memorial chapel markets pet baptisms and marriages
The Warm Springs Pet Memorial Chapel advertises wall to wall carpets and a private cry room for customers. DeRosia says pets have immortal souls making pet baptisms and marriages a sure thing if marketed in the city.
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California
Warm Springs
Pet Memorial
DeRosia
Detroit kidney donor ad draws callers offering to sell
A Detroit man with end stage kidney failure advertised in the Detroit News offering $3,000 to donate a kidney. About 100 callers responded. hospital officials said they could not accept a nonrelative healthy donor. The seller, 42 year old Mohammed Abbas Ali, has no relatives in the United States and may not benefit from a transplant.
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Detroit
Iman Mohammed Karaab
Dearborn
Mohammed Abbas Ali
Detroit News
Ford Hospital
Ali
Karoub
Yemen
Jack H. Andrews
Andrews
Dedicated dogcatcher fired over expenses and ears dispute
In Alger County Michigan, dogcatcher Karl Rowley was dismissed after a clash with the county Board of Commissioners over a final expense claim of 16 for dog killings. He had proposed cutting ears from dogs as proof of destruction, a suggestion met with criticism, and sheriff Dan Malone will assume duties effective next January.
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Munising
Mich
Upy
Tha’ Dogcatcher
Alger County
Karl Rowley
County Board of Commissioners
Rowley
Dan Malone
Michigan
John
Helsel
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