The Pet Memorial Wall of the Philippine Animal Welfare Society. | PHOTO: PAWS Facebook web page
MANILA, Philippines — Memorializing departed family members is not unique to deceased people as a result of homeowners of animals who already crossed the rainbow bridge can now do it, too.
At the Pet Memorial Wall of the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), pet mother and father and guardians keep in mind their cherished companions.
In this house, pet homeowners can pray, gentle candles, supply flowers, or current their pet’s favourite meals and toy, identical to people do on the cemetery throughout All Saints’ Day or All Souls’ Day.
PAWS mentioned round 500 pets are being commemorated on the Pet Memorial Wall in its animal shelter in Loyola Heights, Quezon City.
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The animal welfare organization additionally mentioned that some pets have been buried within the shelter, however since 2010, on account of restricted house, they solely authorize posting of memoirs on the wall.
The Pet Memorial Wall is open for guests on November 1-2 from 9:00 a.m. to five:00 p.m.
“Dati kasi, we used to allow burial doon. Kaya lang, hindi na ina-allow kasi punong-puno na,” PAWS Executive Director Anna Cabrera advised INQUIRER.internet over the telephone.
(Before, we used to permit burial there. However, it’s not allowed anymore as a result of it’s already full.)
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This photograph taken on Wednesday, November 1, 2023, exhibits a memoir devoted to a dolphin named “Wen Wen” on the Philippine Animal Welfare Society’s memorial wall in Quezon City. Wen Wen died on a flight to Singapore in 2012. INQUIRER.internet/Angeline Marcelino.
Anna Natividad, proprietor of a canine buried within the shelter, advised INQUIRER.internet that she has been visiting the memorial wall yearly for 10 years. She solely missed doing so throughout the pandemic.
“Para yearly, tulad nito, madadalaw siya. May memory din siya. Masaya kaya, parang tao rin siya na nadadalaw. Yearly, dinadalaw ko talaga ‘yan,” she replied when requested why she determined to memorialize her first canine, Patricia, on the wall.
(So that yearly, like this, he may very well be visited. He additionally has a reminiscence. It’s enjoyable. He’s like a person being visited. Yearly, I actually go to him.)
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Pet memoirs keep on the wall for 5 years, in keeping with PAWS, for a price of P2,500 for every tile.
The earnings are being allotted for animal rescue and upkeep of the animal shelter.
On its Facebook web page, PAWS posted this attraction: “Please consider making a donation for the shelter animals in honor of a dearly departed pet or in honor of someone who lived a life caring deeply about animals and their welfare.”
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