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Please Note: To ensure a safe environment and conserve our limited resources, we are not currently offering new burial services as we undergo an extensive reclamation. 

Established in 1926, The Narrows Pet Cemetery is Ohio's oldest remaining pet cemetery. It serves as the final resting place for over 14,000 animals, as well as human remains. Over the past several decades, the cemetery suffered from institutional neglect, debt, and multiple foreclosures, leaving the grounds heavily overgrown. The original primary residence, kennel, and multiple neighboring structures were demolished due to dilapidation, unresolved zoning and shared-driveway liabilities, and resulting collapsed property values.

The Narrows Farm & Pet Cemetery is fully funded by private stewardship. The cemetery is privately owned, independently managed, and receives zero government funding. Under Ohio law, as affirmed by the Ohio Board of Tax Appeals, cemeteries containing pet burials are explicitly disqualified from property tax exemptions and traditional government assistance. We do accept pet remains relocated from human cemeteries to assist those institutions in maintaining their legal tax-exempt status. 

Visitor Information

Cemetery visitors are welcome from sunrise to sunset. While there is currently no signage at the road, respectful guests may park in the grass and enjoy the grounds.

• Please note our "No Trespassing" signage is strictly directed at individuals with illicit intent. Legitimate visitors to the cemetery are welcome.

• The cemetery may occasionally be closed Monday through Friday to accommodate our groundskeeping animals.

• No fishing, hunting, or leaving or taking anything.  There is no public river or other water access. 

Regarding Landlocked Parcels & Shared Driveway Access

Due to decades of abuse by multiple/successive owners of adjacent/landlocked parcels—including issues with paying agreed share of driveway maintenance costs, dumping, drugs, firearms, boundary encroachments, theft, and vandalism:

• No Cemetery or Water Access: Anyone associated with the adjacent landlocked properties is prohibited from accessing cemetery property outside driveway and roadway easements. Any deviation constitutes criminal trespass.

• Towing Enforced: If you are visiting a landlocked parcel, you may not park on cemetery property or block any portion of the shared driveway. Unauthorized vehicles may be towed immediately without further warning at the owner’s expense. Contact Sandy’s Towing at 1-800-762-4357 for retrieval.

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Legal Disclaimers

• Recreational Exemption: We do not charge a fee for the recreational activity of visiting the Narrows Farm & Pet Cemetery. As the general public is invited to participate free of charge, the owners are exempt from civil liability to "keep the premises safe for entry or use" pursuant to Ohio Revised Code § 1533.181.

• Agritourism Warning (ORC § 901.80): "WARNING: Under Ohio law, there is no liability for an injury to or death of a participant in an agritourism activity conducted at this agritourism location if that injury or death results from the inherent risks of that agritourism activity. Inherent risks of agritourism activities include, but are not limited to, the risk of injury inherent to land, equipment, and animals as well as the potential for you as a participant to act in a negligent manner that may contribute to your injury or death. You are assuming the risk of participating in this agritourism activity."

• This website is managed by Narrows Farm LLC for the Narrows Farm & Pet Cemetery, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, founded to reclaim the Narrows Pet Cemetery as a sanctuary for animals, maintained by animals.