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Part of the Hachiko mosaic and Shibuya station, Japan

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Interesting Japanese memorials, each with a picture of the departed pet (Picture: thedalaialana / flickr, with permission)

Tiddles commemorative stone in St Mary’s Churchyard, Fairford, Gloucestershire.

The beautiful pet cemetery in Asnières-surSeine, France, that is also home to many rescue cats (Picture: Jean Pierre Collin, Nature Animale – http://www.natureanimale. com/. with permission)

The very loyal dog Waghya, Maharashta, India (Picture: Raigad_11 /flickr with permission)

Hodge: a very fine cat. Hodge belonged to the famous writer Samuel Johnson who rather doted on him, bringing him fresh oysters, which you can see atop the book. Gough Square, London (Picture: Jackie Buckle)

Fala: Roosevelt’s Scottish terrier. This little statue is part of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington D. C. (Picture: Simfalex /Shutterstock RF)

This little cat adorned a grave whose inscription I couldn’t quite read in the east cemetery, Highgate. (Picture: Jackie Buckle)

One of the twenty or so cat statues that adorn buildings in the historic city of York. (Picture: Jackie Buckle)

The graves of Fido and Tar in Hyde Park pet cemetery. (Picture: Jackie Buckle)

This dog adorned the grave of the Gardiner family just inside the east cemetery at Highgate. (Picture: Jackie Buckle)

Pet graves at Churchill’s home, Chartwell, which is in Westerham, Kent. (Picture: Jackie Buckle)

Jock VI at Chartwell, Churchill’s home in Kent. Visit this National Trust house and you may see him in the grounds. (Picture: Jackie Buckle)

This cat is part of an endearing collection of statues in Bermondsey featuring also the Dr, his wife and child. (Picture: Jackie Buckle)

Hachiko drain cover. There are many, imaginative commemorative pieces to Hachiko in Shibuya, Japan (Picture: Cowardlion / Shutterstock RF)

Part of the Hachiko mosaic and Shibuya station, Japan (Picture: Vintage Tone /Shutterstock RF)