Which makes the Hoegh Pet Casket Factory Tour special. It's owned by the Hoegh family, who have been running the public tours for many years. Hoegh displays the seven different sizes of caskets that account for most sales, but there are special models exhibited as well. One reminds us of the McD's classic styrofoam Quarter Pounder box, used for cremations or burial of small birds. For large groups, a video is shown in a conference room, explaining Pet Cemetery Theory.
People are afraid to socialize.
They need their pets. And burying their pets in the back yard is against the law. Then it's off to the sewing room and the photometal shop, where memorial plaques for the likes of Chuck the Lizard and Fruit Loops the Toucan are on display. Move on to view to the vacuform machine, where the exteriors of the caskets are made, and the warehouse filled with stacks of casket shells and finished products. One wing is dedicated to Mr. and Mrs. Wheel, Buffalo, New York pet cemetery pioneers, for their lifetime contribution to the pet cemetery industry.