Business Details
50+ Years
experience
Trusted Pet Cremation & Burial Services in Gardena, CA
Founded in 1948, we are a dedicated pet cemetery and crematory providing compassionate aftercare services for beloved household pets. Our team understands the profound emotional impact of losing a pet and offers personalized cremation, burial, and aquamation services to honor their memory. We operate a 24/7 accessible cemetery grounds permanently dedicated to California, ensuring perpetual care for pets. Our services include private cremation with one-pet-at-a-time processing, eco-friendly aquamation, waterproof caskets, and memorial supplies tailored to individual preferences. We provide pet transportation, advanced planning options, and companion burial plots to keep pet families together.Our staff guides clients through arrangements with empathy, offering flexible scheduling and refrigeration for pets prior to services. The annual Candlelight Service featuring over 1,000 donated candles demonstrates our commitment to community remembrance. With over 30,000 pets laid to rest, we maintain the highest standards of respect and integrity throughout every process. Our facility in Gardena, CA includes a Memory Garden for scattering cremains and a slumber room for private viewings. We specialize in easing emotional burdens during difficult times while ensuring lasting tributes to cherished animal companions.
Services
Pet Cremation
Burial Services
Aquamation
Advanced Planning
Memorial Supplies
Pet Transportation
Caskets
Urns
Companion Burials
Candlelight Service
Details
- Year established: 1948
Highlights and features
- We have over 70 years of experience in pet aftercare services
- We offer private cremation with one pet processed at a time
- Our cemetery land is permanently dedicated to California for perpetual care
- We provide 24/7 grounds access for pet memorials and visitation
- We offer aquamation as an eco-friendly alternative to traditional cremation
Services
Pet Cremation
Our private pet cremation service ensures individual care with one-pet-at-a-time processing. Cremains are returned in standard or custom urns after temperature-controlled preservation. We serve all household pets including mammals, reptiles, and birds.
Aquamation
This eco-friendly alkaline hydrolysis process uses water flow and temperature for natural decomposition. The result is clean, sand-like cremains without carbonized ash. Ideal for environmentally conscious pet owners seeking gentle alternatives to flame-based cremation.
Burial Services
We offer traditional pet burial with premium caskets and companion plots. Services include refrigeration, grooming, and personalized scheduling. Our cemetery features tiered burials for multiple pets and 24/7 visitation access for memorials.
Advanced Planning
Our pre-need program allows selecting grave spaces, caskets, and payment plans before pet loss. This ensures arrangements match preferences while reducing emotional stress during difficult times. Financial options include installment payments.
Memorial Supplies
We provide markers, borders, and urns in various materials and designs. Our Memory Garden allows free cremains scattering, while annual candlelight ceremonies offer community remembrance with 1,000+ donated candles illuminating the grounds.
Questions
What pet cremation options do you offer?
We provide private cremation with one-pet-at-a-time processing and aquamation (water cremation). Both options allow cremains return in standard or custom urns.
Can I visit the cemetery at any time?
Yes, our grounds are open 24/7 for visitation. The cemetery has been permanently dedicated to California for perpetual care and remembrance.
Do you offer pre-need pet funeral planning?
Yes, our pre-need program lets you select burial plots, caskets, and payment plans before pet loss to ensure personalized arrangements.
What burial products are available?
We offer waterproof caskets, satin-lined wooden caskets, companion plots, and memorial markers in various materials and designs.
How are cremation timeframes communicated?
We provide estimated processing times and maintain temperature-controlled storage for pets prior to scheduled cremation services.
Reviews (7)
Becky Boyle
Jun 22, 2022
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3 week turn around for ashes unless you want to pay an additional 100. Paw prints are horrendous. I really wish the amazing at home vet that did the euthanasia gave us another option Vs this place for cremation. There is no take 2, there is no do over, there is no second chance. I am horrendously disappointed with my experience. We deserved better.
Traci Hughes
Oct 26, 2021
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I lost two of my beloved dogs in a month. The staff were wonderful, kind, compassionate. And caring. Thank you for being there during the worst month of my life, and for understanding when I broke down in your lobby.
Myra Hd
Sep 25, 2021
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Our family took our beloved dog to be cremated. He was wheeled away and taken by the staff on a cart. His care was very compassionate. We were able to purchase an urn and 2 paw prints. Highly recommended to take final care of your beloved pets.
J. Major
Mar 29, 2021
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I called them to get a quote and their price was 25% of what everyone else was quoting me. There service and their care for my pet was amazing I'm so glad these guys are in business they are awesome.
Melissa Wright
Jan 22, 2021
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Coming here is a hard situation to be in. Showing up is when it hit me that one of my fur children was really gone. I lost a dog in early October, took her here for cremation. Overall the service was good. Turn around was about a week. Dropped her off on Saturday, they called me the following Tuesday for pick up. The pricing for urns is ridiculous. Order one off Amazon & do the transfer yourself.
You can even get it engraved at a far cheaper price than buying here. I think the price for cremation is reasonable. The reason I'm giving 3 stars is because I asked for a paw print. & somehow it was forgotten. I got a refund. But that wasn't what I wanted. So something I was really looking forward to in order to get tattooed was neglected. It may have been small to them, but it broke my heart all over again. Other than that would recommend, but because of that, will never take another fur baby here.
You can even get it engraved at a far cheaper price than buying here. I think the price for cremation is reasonable. The reason I'm giving 3 stars is because I asked for a paw print. & somehow it was forgotten. I got a refund. But that wasn't what I wanted. So something I was really looking forward to in order to get tattooed was neglected. It may have been small to them, but it broke my heart all over again. Other than that would recommend, but because of that, will never take another fur baby here.
Meena E. Saranson
Nov 02, 2020
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It's tough to end up here, but it is a very unfortunate and hard reality of life. Our beloved pets just happen to transition too early. Maybe because the devote themselves 100% to loving their human companions. Either way, once our furry kids are gone, it's nice to know they are in good care & in hands of Pet Haven. Mike the owner is the nicest guy in town. The front staff team is also phenomenal. Very professional, caring, loving and understanding during such difficult times.
Bobby Hovsepian
Oct 30, 2019
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I lost my precious Bobby the Shih in March of 2018 and the staff, owner were simply amazing and understanding, considerate. The viewing room is beautiful with flowers all around and they bring your loved one in the casket, which can be standard wood or upgrade to sealable plastic with satin lining. You can also get the paw print embedded in whiteb stone and placed in your choice of color mesh bag. I would recommend this place for sure. RIP BOBBY, 03.30.2018.
