{"id":6108,"date":"2023-09-08T04:54:17","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T12:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=6108"},"modified":"2023-09-08T04:54:17","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T12:54:17","slug":"feline-fun-friday-national-pet-memorial-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=6108","title":{"rendered":"Feline Fun Friday \u2013 National Pet Memorial Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4804\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Cats-in-window-2015-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Cats-in-window-2015-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Cats-in-window-2015-327x500.jpg 327w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Cats-in-window-2015-768x1174.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Cats-in-window-2015-1005x1536.jpg 1005w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Cats-in-window-2015.jpg 1179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/>Remembering a pet that is lost to us is not exactly fun, but I don\u2019t want to let this special day get away from us. This is one of our longest observed days of remembrance, after all\u2014having been observed for the first time over fifty years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Memorials to our pets are nothing new. Pet memorials <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4719\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/catanniecactus-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/catanniecactus-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/catanniecactus-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/catanniecactus-rotated.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>have been found all over the world in some of the most ancient ruins and burial sites. And there are many sites all over the Internet exploring this history. While we all find different ways to memorialize our own pets\u2014keepsakes, burials in our yard with headstones, memorial tokens, ashes over the mantel, etc. there are also over a hundred pet cemeteries across the US.<\/p>\n<p>Check out this site with ideas for honoring your beloved pets.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.richellusa.com\/10-ways-to-honor-your-pet-on-national-pet-memorial-day\/\">https:\/\/www.richellusa.com\/10-ways-to-honor-your-pet-on-national-pet-memorial-day\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remembering a pet that is lost to us is not exactly fun, but I don\u2019t want to let this special day get away from us. This is one of our longest observed days of remembrance, after all\u2014having been observed for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=6108\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6108"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6108"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6109,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6108\/revisions\/6109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}