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Pet aftercare is the thoughtful handling of a pet’s remains after death. We want to work with you to care for you and your companion during this difficult time. We don’t bury your pet, and we don’t use a flame-based process to return your pet to the earth. Our BioReturn system is the most respectful, most natural, and most environmentally-friendly process for pets at the end of life.

Pet memorials are urns, burial vessels, scattering bags, paw prints impressed in clay – various items that allow you to memorialize your pet for your family. The Companah store has items that we have selected that are locally sourced and a level of quality appropriate for remembering a member of your family.

Yes, we do offer a modern and environmentally responsible process of disposition – but it is not flame-based. Our BioReturn system uses gentle water flow, temperature and alkalinity to accelerate our ecosystem’s natural method of breaking down organic matter. During that time, a combination of 95% warm water and 5% alkali gently rushes over the body. At the end of the BioReturn process, your companion’s physical components have been returned to their natural elements, dispersed in water – with only the solid bone remaining. If desired, the mineral bone ash is returned to those who request returned remains.

So how do you pronounce “Companah”? And how did you come up with that name?

Companah, written phonetically:
kom-PAN-uh

We chose this as the name for our business as a mash-up of fundamental principles of who we are – compassion for our companions. Our pets are part of our family, and upon their loss they are worthy of as much grace and respect as we can give them.

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The cost of our services vary with the breed and size of your pet. It can be a bit complicated, but we’ve created a guided form that will help you see what the cost of services would be for your pet. Click here, and a panel will open to your left that will ask a few questions and provide you with an estimate of our costs.

Absolutely. We will work with any veterinary service provider, picking up your pet at their facility and returning in a timely fashion.  We can also receive your pet at our location or arrange to come to your home to accept your companion into our care.

We’re located in central North Carolina, with our facility in southern Wake County. Being here in the center of the state, we are able to provide services from the mountains to the sea.

Respectful

Pets are beloved members of our family, providing years of companionship and joy. As they pass on, they deserve the same love in death as they had in life. The pets that are in our care are treated with dignity as we handle their disposition.

The grace, care, and respect given in the funeral industry is replicated in how we care for the pets in our care.

Natural

Companah offers an innovative concept for animal disposition. BioReturn is a gentle, environmentally responsible alternative to fire-based cremation. This process accelerates the natural decomposition process using 95% less energy without the harmful emissions of fire-based cremation. There are zero emissions of greenhouse gasses, very low energy consumption, and 1/20th the carbon footprint of flame-based cremation.

Careful

Our automated system ensures that every pet in our care is monitored the entire time it is within our system – providing assurance that your pet’s remains are returned to you at the end of the process.

Additionally, BioReturn is a process that returns far more of your pet’s remains than other commonly used methods.

984.225.1024

Feel free to call or send us a text at any time. We’re available when you need us (also – if the 984 area code is unfamiliar to you, no worries. We’re right here in Central NC).

home@companah.com

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

Contact Form

If you would like to get in touch with us, please let us know just a bit about you and the best way to contact you. The form below will help get the conversation started.

An Alternative to Flame-Based Cremation

This video was created to share a bit more information about the process of alkaline hydrolysis, the science behind BioMation.

Alkaline hydrolysis is essentially an accelerated version of what takes place during natural decomposition. A combination of gentle water flow, temperature, and alkalinity is used to accelerate the natural course of tissue hydrolysis. At the end of the process, the body has been returned to its basic building blocks, dissolved in the water. Remember – the bodies of our beloved pets are over 60% water to begin with! Similar to cremation, the only solid remains are the mineral ash of the bones.

More often than not, adult and older pets that are up for adoption are not fully considered as a family looks to bring a new pet in to their household. We at Companah are putting a strong financial commitment to encouraging families to consider adopting older pets.

Supporting the Adoption of Older Pets, Companah

Coming Soon

Companah is being built from the ground up as the new standard for pet aftercare services. Our facility, this web site, the store, and all of our amenities are scheduled to be online and functional by the Fall of 2017. In the meantime, please do not hesitate to call us if you have any questions or needs that we may provide for you.

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