Pet's Rest is definitely the most unique cemetery in Colma. People from all over the world come to marvel at this monument of love for animals. We receive visitors on college sponsored tours as well as tour busses and individual visitors. Pet's Rest boasts more flowers and visitors attention than the surrounding 17 human cemeteries. To date, over 13,000 pet animals have been laid to rest in this peaceful quiet setting of lawn, shrubs and trees.
Pets buried here include dogs and cats, monkeys, cheetahs, and goldfish to name but a few.
Monuments fill the landscape with testaments of devotion. Here, people come to visit and admire the resting places of pets owned by the rich and famous or just the folks next door. Some pets have extensive pedigree, some are mongrels, all were loved and are greatly missed. The landscape and monuments are unique and unusual. People have chosen headstones that range from statues of hand carved Carrera marble or granite mausoleums to home made plaques.