Photos: A resting place for forever friends

Rhona Levy has four pets at Hartsdale Pet Cemetery: three cats and a dog. She plans to be buried with them one day.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Urns and caskets for all types of pets are sold at Hartsdale Pet Cemetery.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Retired Col. James Reid of Smithtown, N.Y., holds a picture of his dog Trajan, a Rhodesian ridgeback who lived to be 13.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Retired Col. James W. Reid, right and his wife, Riet, visit their four dogs at Hartsdale Pet Cemetery regularly.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Hartsdale Pet Cemetery’s director says there are about 100,000 animals buried in the grounds, although it’s impossible to say for certain since many plots contain more than one pet.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Jeanine Callace of White Plains, N.Y., spends time in the Hartsdale Pet Cemetery visitation room with her rabbit, Sammy. She is involved with rabbit rescue and has buried other pets at the cemetery.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Sammy the rabbit lies in an open casket under a blanket at Hartsdale Pet Cemetery, where visitation and planting flowers are among the services.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)