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Central NC (Raleigh and Surrounding Areas)

(919) 728-7200

Piedmont Service Area (Greensboro and Surrounding Areas)

(336) 663-6795

Sandhills of NC (Sanford, Southern Pines, Fayetteville Areas)

(910) 765-0007

Have Questions?

Feel free to send us a message at any time – we’re happy to help.

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You can also get in touch with us via email, sending to home@companah.com

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Piedmont Service Area

With our Piedmont location, we are able to serve Greensboro and the surrounding area. Our sevice is mobile, which allows us to be able to meet you at your home or veterinary clinic at any hour of the day.

(336) 663-6795

home@companah.com

Our email goes right to our staff, and we can respond to you quickly with answers for any questions that you may have.

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If you would like, you can also use the form below to get a conversation started.

“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened. ” – Anatole France

Cost of Cremation

Companah offers private and communal options for pet cremation. With either option, we pride ourselves on treating your companion with dignity and respect that begins the moment we receive your loved one. Click here for a guide that will give you an idea of the cost of our more popular service, individual water cremation.

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About Water Cremation

Instead of flames and high-heat, we utilize a significant advancement in cremation science which uses gentle water flow, alkalinity and warm water to accelerate our ecosystem’s natural method of breaking down and decomposing organic matter.

Cremation 2.0

1000 Second Chances

For each family who chooses to have our practice handle the private cremation of their pet, we donate toward the adoption fee of an older cat or dog.

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About Companah

It’s pronounced: kom-PAN-uh

Learn more about Companah – who we are, where we are, and all about our practice. We are bringing the same level of care and grace to pet aftercare as one would expect from any funeral home.

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Companah Memorials

In addition to our cremation services, we offer several options for urns and other items to memorialize your pet – many of them sourced locally here in North Carolina.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Cremation, or burning, is an oxidative process, while the process behind the Companah technique (alkaline hydrolysis) is a reductive process. In fact, water cremation is essentially an accelerated version of what takes place in natural decomposition.

Alkaline hydrolysis is the most effective way to reliably destroy infectious viruses and toxins. Tissue digesting machinery is and has been used all over the world by leading hospitals and research laboratories. In fact, it was used in Britain to control Mad Cow disease.

Alkaline hydrolysis emits no harmful greenhouse gases, uses only 1/20th of the energy and has 1/10th the carbon footprint as compared to flame-based cremation.

There are no toxic emissions and no contribution to greenhouse gases associated with water cremation.

Water cremation is only an acceleration of what Mother Nature does. Consequently, only 100% organic items are broken down by the process — cotton blankets, special food treats, or flowers. We are also happy to keep favorite toys or blankets with your pet until the actual process and can return them to you, if you desire. Special toys or pieces of a favorite blanket may also be placed in an urn with your companion’s remains.

The remaining water is not only benign, but beneficial. It can be used as a rich, organic fertilizer.

The nutrient rich liquid waste can be used in different ways. The local water system is happy to have the water, since it is often beneficial to the community’s waste water plants. The effluent can also be made available to farmers in order that the nutrient-rich material can accelerate the growth of other living things.

Yes. The bone remains (calcium phosphate) are 100% safe, pathogen and disease free. The remains will be returned to you in a clear, industrial poly bag inside an urn or scattering bag but they are safe to handle if you would like to divide them among family members or scatter them over a special resting place.

Frequently Asked Questions

Cremation, or burning, is an oxidative process, while the process behind the Companah technique (alkaline hydrolysis) is a reductive process. In fact, water cremation is essentially an accelerated version of what takes place in natural decomposition.

Alkaline hydrolysis is the most effective way to reliably destroy infectious viruses and toxins. Tissue digesting machinery is and has been used all over the world by leading hospitals and research laboratories. In fact, it was used in Britain to control Mad Cow disease.

Alkaline hydrolysis emits no harmful greenhouse gases, uses only 1/20th of the energy and has 1/10th the carbon footprint as compared to flame-based cremation.

There are no toxic emissions and no contribution to greenhouse gases associated with water cremation.

Water cremation is only an acceleration of what Mother Nature does. Consequently, only 100% organic items are broken down by the process — cotton blankets, special food treats, or flowers. We are also happy to keep favorite toys or blankets with your pet until the actual process and can return them to you, if you desire. Special toys or pieces of a favorite blanket may also be placed in an urn with your companion’s remains.

The remaining water is not only benign, but beneficial. It can be used as a rich, organic fertilizer.

The nutrient rich liquid waste can be used in different ways. The local water system is happy to have the water, since it is often beneficial to the community’s waste water plants. The effluent can also be made available to farmers in order that the nutrient-rich material can accelerate the growth of other living things.

Yes. The bone remains (calcium phosphate) are 100% safe, pathogen and disease free. The remains will be returned to you in a clear, industrial poly bag inside an urn or scattering bag but they are safe to handle if you would like to divide them among family members or scatter them over a special resting place.