Former pet cemetery in Surrey, B.C., set to become site of 3 new houses. Some residents say that's just wrong
Some residents, animal lovers and a city councillor in Surrey, B.C., are criticizing the proposed redevelopment of a former pet cemetery where grieving owners laid their animals to rest for 40 years.
![Former pet cemetery in Surrey, B.C., set to become site of 3 new houses. Some residents say that's just wrong](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7137611.1709865762!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/surrey-pet-cemetery.jpg)
![A disturbed, partially covered headstone at a former pet cemetery in Surrey's Newton neighbourhood. The land is proposed for redevelopment and opponents don't want the land, with hundreds of pets interred in it over 40 years, to be dug up. A small pet grave is covered in leaves with its headstone askew](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7137611.1709865762!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/surrey-pet-cemetery.jpg)
Some residents, animal lovers and a city councillor in Surrey, B.C., are criticizing the proposed redevelopment of a former pet cemetery where grieving owners laid their animals to rest for 40 years.