Exciting news for pet owners across the Western Cape!
Earthpet has teamed up with Compass Medical Waste Services to make our eco-friendly bio-burial services available through veterinary practices and welfare organisations across the entire Western Cape! Compass handles all transport and logistics with their dedicated fleet (excluding horses), ensuring a smooth and professional process. To access our service, your vet simply needs to sign up. They can contact Compass directly or reach out to us for assistance.
Eco-friendly, dignified farewells
We offer a dignified, environmentally friendly process of laying your beloved pet to rest.
We provide assistance 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Because we understand that these difficult moments can’t always be planned.
Dignified Farewells
Losing a pet is a heart-breaking experience and a very difficult time for pet owners. We hope that knowing your pet’s remains will be treated in a respectful manner by trained and professional staff will provide some comfort. Your pet will become part of the circle of life and be given back to nature in the most considerate way possible.
We assist with pet burials for all pets and animals including cats, dogs, birds, hamsters, bunnies, guinea pigs, reptiles, horses and cattle.
Eco-friendly Pet Burials
Our environmentally friendly facilities initiate a composting process that would happen naturally during a burial. However, our method speeds up the process, reduces odours, kills harmful bacteria, avoids the leaching of harmful contaminants and does not attract unwanted rodents and insects.
Thanks to scientific research, we can substantiate that our natural pet burials are the most eco-friendly way of dealing with animal remains, returning them back to nature while nourishing the earth.
EarthPet Vet services
EarthPet Vet offers the service of euthanasia of animals only.
Our consultation room is designed to be a tranquil space and we endeavour to offer owners peace of mind that their pets are treated respectfully and laid to rest in a dignified manner.
Ambulance Service: Old sick and injured animals can be collected and brought to our premises at an additional cost. This can either be done directly through EarthPet where a rate of R11,67/km (round-trip) will be charged or through an external contractor who works in conjunction with EarthPet. In the case of a horse - EarthPet can also collect old, sick or injured horses with our specially designed horse-box that allows us to offer this service. A rate of R15,77/km (round-trip) will be charged.
You can contact us for a quote and appointment or if you have any queries regarding the service. Email us at vet@earthpet.co.za or phone us on 022 065 0299.
EarthPet Vet
SAVC registration number: D95/3712
Practice registration number: CV22/16353
Home Euthanasia
Important notice:
After Euthanasia
In accordance with SAVC regulations, our veterinarian remains legally responsible for ensuring that a pet’s body is managed and disposed of in a lawful and dignified manner. For this reason, we are unable to leave a pet’s body at the client’s home following a home euthanasia.
We will therefore only be able to carry out a home euthanasia if you make use of one of our approved burial or aftercare options. This ensures compliance with the law, safeguards the dignity of your pet, and provides peace of mind that all procedures are handled responsibly.
HORSE EUTHANASIA & TRANSPORT
We have a specially designed veterinary vehicle dedicated to the humane euthanasia of horses and their immediate transport. It is fully equipped with secure straps, water supply, veterinary supplies in specialised compartments, and a powerful winch to gently and safely load the horse after the procedure. Ample lighting throughout the vehicle ensures safe operation even in low-visibility conditions. Our veterinarian and trained assistants arrive prepared to carry out the euthanasia with care and professionalism.
This vehicle is also available for hire by other veterinarian professionals who need a safe, convenient purpose-built facility to perform equine euthanasia on-site with the benefit of removing the horse directly afterwards.
PET FAREWELL PLAN
The Pet Farewell Plan is for pet owners who would like the comfort of knowing their pet will be laid to rest in a dignified and eco-friendly manner when their time comes. By dealing with the admin now and paying today's rates you can avoid hassle when you want to grieve. Pay a once-off fee to cover your pet for its lifetime, plans start from as little as R65.00. T's and C's Apply.
WE ARE MOBILE
Look out for our EarthPet vehicles on the road. Whenever you see this logo, you'll know it's our EarthPet team, providing a service with care.
Service Area
We are based in Cape Town, South Africa, and currently serve direct customers within the Cape Peninsula. Through our partner, Compass Medical Waste Services, we’re able to extend our eco-friendly pet services to veterinary practices and welfare organisations throughout the Western Cape.
Aiming to make our service free for welfare organisations
The GreenDepart Project, facilitated by AWARE Foundation NPC in partnership with EarthPet and Compass Medical Waste Services, provides a greener, safer and more compassionate alternative to traditional pet burials for welfare organisations.
“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened. ”
Anatole France
