We've never been happier that our dead cat's cremains reside in a little box, than when we heard about how Pet's Rest Cemetery must exhume about 1000 of its residents. The lease is up on the property the animals were laid to rest in, and the landlords want it back. The cemetery's owner claimed he thought he'd be able to buy the land, the land's owners say he should have known better, and the late pets guardians are pissed. Of course, all we can think about is a very cute version of Poltergeist. ""You son of a bitch, you moved the headstones but you didn't move the bodies!"

Can your pets end up giving you the avian flu? Uh, maybe. Right now, Spot or Fluffy can contract versions of the disease by eating infected birds -- the question is, what does it take for a sick pet to infect you? The folks at UC Davis, among other places, are still trying to figure this out. One of the chief ways to avoid feline infection is to keep your cat indoors, which you should be doing already.

Just the other day, someone asked us if we'd hire a dog walker if we had the dough. "Of course not," we replied. "We like to take SFist Franny out and feed her seagulls, so she can pass the bird flu on to humans." But maybe we'll consider hiring one, with the news that San Francisco dog walkers might be required to be licensed and regulated. Just like San Francisco dogs! Hee.

Image of Jack, the NJ cat that chased a bear up a tree. NJ cats are tough, man!