Midlanders mourn departed pets online using memorial website

Dec 20 2008

GRIEVING Midlanders are turning to an internet memorial garden to pay tribute to lost loved ones – their dead pets.

The Gonetoosoon.com website has long been used by relatives of people who have been murdered or who have been killed by illness and accidents.

But now a new section allows those mourning the loss of their favourite pets to leave poems, messages and pictures online.

Animals from hamsters and rabbits to dogs, cats and cockatiels have so far been immortalised on the digital tributes.

One touching epitaph has been created by Sarah Treweeks, of Birmingham, who lost 15 year-old beloved pooch Mollie.

“Mollie was my pet dog. A dear friend and a faithful companion,” said the mother-of-three.

“Always kind, loyal and clean, I always joked that she found me, and that is true really.

“She was with me during marriage, divorce, remarriage.

“I was heartbroken and sobbed inconsolably when she was put to sleep and two years on I still miss her more than words can say.’’

The pet memorials also include one to hamster Gertie Jones, who died aged one year and 11 months on December 12.

Her young heartbroken owner Tracey wrote: