Stray Dogs Started Surrounding This Woman's Coffin. When Staff Found Out Why, They Let Them Stay

March 30, 2015

Margarita Suarez of Merida, Yucatan, was well known for feeding the stray dogs and cats that near her home. But family members were stunned when the dogs suddenly appeared at the funeral home where her body was being kept.

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Workers at the funeral home denied any knowledge of the animals and said they had never seen them before. Realizing that the animals had come to pay their respects to Margarita, the staff allowed the dogs to come in and they laid peacefully on the floor near her coffin.

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Margarita's daughter, Patricia Urrutia, believes the dogs wanted to be there to say goodbye to someone who had been so good to them.

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On the day of the funeral, the dogs even formed a procession behind the hearse and then returned to the funeral home. They only left once Margarita's body was being prepared for cremation.

Credit: Daily Mail.