As both a nod and an injury to its defenders, a statue of Mr Toad wound up in the pet cemetery at the Magic Kingdom's Haunted Mansion.

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Remkus' grandfather William and father, George, purchased the then 5-acre pet cemetery in 1950 after a dying customer of George's grocery store implored him to buy and maintain it.

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"I could stare at an urn, or I could stare at the ground in the cemetery, or I could hold and pet her, " Rosa said.

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