{"id":120221,"date":"2023-11-11T07:19:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T07:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogcamlodipine.com\/?p=120221"},"modified":"2023-11-11T07:19:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T07:19:04","slug":"inside-worlds-largest-pet-cemetery-home-to-remains-of-8500-beloved-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogcamlodipine.com\/world-news\/inside-worlds-largest-pet-cemetery-home-to-remains-of-8500-beloved-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside worlds largest pet cemetery home to remains of 8,500 beloved animals"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For four decades, the owners of beloved pets living in the area of the Spanish capital have had a place where they can pay tribute to their loyal companions after they died.<\/p>\n

The only pet cemetery near Madrid is called El \u00daltimo Parque, or Last Park in English, and since July 1983 it has offered a last resting place to dogs and cats, as well as less conventional pets including lizards, a python and a wild boar.<\/p>\n

Collecting the remains of more than 8,500 animals distributed across some 4,500 graves, the Last Park is believed to be the largest pet cemetery in the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This special cemetery is located in Arganda del Rey, a municipality part of the Community of Madrid counting around 54,000 residents.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Last Park was created by Jes\u00fas D\u00edaz Franco after he was faced with the death of his own dog, named King – dubbed Quino.<\/p>\n

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Mr Franco resorted to founding the cemetery after he was left horrified by the undignified treatment reserved for the bodies left at the veterinary clinic where Quino had died.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The remains of the pets, he told local news outlet Actual Arganda, were thrown like a bag of rubbish into a lorry with other organic remains such as farm pigs.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, he thought his three-hectare estate in the Dehesa del Carrascal could become the ideal place for him and other grieving pet owners to honour their animals.<\/p>\n

Despite Mr Franco not publicising the opening of the cemetery, the idea of having an appropriate place to honour their beloved pets was appealing to many and, within years, the Last Park was filled with tributes.<\/p>\n

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