When Kathi Byrd went to visit the site where her beloved Yorkshire Terrier Chelsea Marie was buried, she was shocked to find out the area appeared to have been plowed and the dog’s tombstone was gone.

Mike Wolanin | The Republic A view of a grave marker at the site of the pet cemetery near the former Bartholomew County Humane Society location in Columbus, Ind., Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. State ...

They’re here, hidden underneath overgrowth and dirt. Cuddles and Fonzie. Toy Boy, who died in 1988. And even “Peaches the Lovable Lovebird,” who passed away in 1992. They are the gravestones of pets, ...

Julianne Mangin stands among the graves at Aspin Hill Memorial Park, a pet cemetery in Silver Spring. About 50,000 animals are buried at the cemetery, which opened in 1920. Mangin researches the ...