Contact your lawmakers to support and vote for Sevilla's Law.
Contact your lawmakers to support and vote for Sevilla's Law.
Sevilla’s Law started when Sevilla, our beloved cat, passed away after succumbing to Lymphoma. We contracted to have a private, individual cremation, to have a final visit, to be in attendance during the cremation process and to have her ashes returned to us. The funeral home/pet crematorium “cremated” her before these contracted items could take place. When we asked what happened, the funeral home/pet crematorium told us there had been “a catastrophic failure of process.” We were concerned, because of this, and other misinformation, and had a forensic analysis performed on the cremains. The DNA analysis indicated that the forensic scientists were unable to determine the ashes were those of a cat but found green glass, a funnel-shaped metal item and, most disturbing, human DNA.
To this day, the funeral home/pet crematorium has not had the common decency to explain what happened to Sevilla. We have been ignored and dismissed. Left with neither Sevilla or any answers. All we have are questions.
Our family turned to the State of Florida Division of Funeral, Cemetery and Consumer Services. It added insult to injury when their investigation determined the funeral home/pet crematorium did not violate any Florida Statutes because none exists! A catch 22.
What this experience showed us is the State of Florida already has the investigative infrastructure in place but needs Sevilla’s Law to be passed into Florida Statute so the State can pursue violators and provide accountability.
We want to ensure this heartache does not happen to other pet parents.
Out of this tragedy, let there be change. This is Sevilla’s Legacy.
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