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Pet Cemetery, Hyde Park, London
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This pet cemetery is located in Hyde Park, Central London. Rich Londoners used to bury their pets there since the Victorian era. In 1915 the cemetery was filled and closed. A pet cemetery is a cemetery for animals.
History
Many human cultures buried animal remains. The Ancient Egyptians mummified and buried cats, which they considered deities. The largest dog cemetery in the ancient world was discovered at the Ashkelon National Park in Ashkelon, Israel.Cimetière des Chiens in Asnières-sur-Seine in Paris, is an elaborate, sculpted pet cemetery believed to be the first zoological necropolis in the world.
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