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The death of a loved one is painful for all of us. That's part of the reason why so many people spend time visiting gravesites. But some folks in Baltimore County have complaints about some of the graveyards they're visiting.
Derek Valcourt has the WJZ exclusive on efforts to force certain cemeteries to clean up their act.
Jack Schultz, an 82-year-old World War II veteran, misses his best friend, Salty.
"Whereever I was, Salty was," said Schultz.
The two served together aboard the USS Castor toward the end of the war.
"His story is in the Library of Congress," said Schultz.
The pair of veterans became lifelong friends until Salty died in 1957, but he never got a military funeral.
"Nope, no, Salty was a dog," said Schultz.
Salty holds the distinct honor of being the only dog to serve aboard a U.S. Naval ship during World War II.
Jack had Salty buried at a pet cemetery in Baltimore County. Now, Jack's not happy.
"If people go over there to look at their pets' graves, they'll never find them," said Schultz.
Near Salty's gravesite, tombstones are toppled and some are almost impossible to see because of overgrown weeds and bushes. Those kinds of conditions also bother Baltimore County Councilman Vince Gardina.
"Many people have pets that are buried in cemeteries," said Gardina.
That's why he's proposing a new county law requiring all pet cemeteries to maintain their grounds and keep better records, or face fines and even jail time.
"It's just morally wrong for people who own a pet cemetery to not maintain it," said Gardina.
Jack Schultz agrees. He says his wartime companion deserves more dignity.
"A pet is part of a person's family," said Schultz.
Eyewitness News tried repeatedly to reach the owner of the pet cemetery where Salty is buried for comment.
The Baltimore County Council will vote on the pet cemetery legislation at its meeting on Oct. 19.
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