| Now that the Internet is here, an online pet memorial is | | | | posted on the site until the caretaker decides to |
| the next best option in terms of keeping the memory | | | | remove them. An online memorial can also have a |
| of a pet alive forever. There are many advantages to | | | | guest book that can be signed by those who visit the |
| online pet memorials that conventional memorials such | | | | site and this may include even strangers who may |
| as headstones or markers do not possess. The online | | | | never have known the pet but have been emotionally |
| memorials are designed to create a virtual community | | | | touched by the messages posted.However, the |
| of family and friends for the pet, and there is always | | | | biggest advantage of an online memorial is that any |
| so much more space to include all the important | | | | number of photographs of the pet can be posted here |
| information about the life of the pet instead of just a | | | | and kept open for display to anyone who visits the |
| verse of poetry and the dates of birth and death.Web | | | | site. In terms of cost, online memorials are quickly |
| portals can be dedicated to a single pet or one can | | | | gaining ground because many of them are entirely |
| simply post the photograph and the information about | | | | free and survive with donations only. This is quite unlike |
| the pet to any of the web sites that specialize in | | | | the cost one has to bear for making a plaque or a |
| creating such memorials. Online memorials allow family | | | | monument that also requires careful maintenance to |
| and friends, irrespective of their geographical location, | | | | prevent erosion and decay. Also, upgrading any |
| to pay tribute to the pet and share anecdotes, stories, | | | | information or pictorial content is so easy and hardly |
| poems, and thoughts without the need for physical | | | | takes any time. |
| presence. Tributes can be of any length and stay | | | | |