Woman sues over her monkey’s grave
MELBOURNE (AP) – A Florida woman says she got fed up with a pet cemetery’s monkey business and has sued the owner over her pet squirrel monkey’s grave.
Janet Steiner’s 20-ounce monkey Mighty died of cancer in 1994, and she had him buried at Columbia Pet Memorial Gardens in Melbourne. But she says that the cemetery’s owner did not maintain the grounds well, and she moved his remains last year. Now she wants $500 – cost of the original burial and the move.
The cemetery’s owner says he has maintained the cemetery and that Steiner’s demands were unreasonable: asking that he clean up within days of hurricanes in 2004 and cut the grass every week.
A small claims court judge said on Thursday that he will mail his decision after visiting the cemetery.