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FORT MYERS — A pet cemetery promising to give animals a dignified burial instead left them uncovered to rot in mass graves. NBC2's exclusive investigation exposed one of the largest pet burial services in Florida.

Jancy's Pet Cemetery, located in Zellwood, located north of Orlando, is the pet burial service about 60 percent of veterinarians in Southwest Florida contract with. If your family has ever had a pet put to sleep in our area, there's a good chance it ended up there.

In their literature, Jancy promises to provide pet owners a dignified burial for their lost loved ones. And with a short visit there, that's exactly what you might think you're getting. Nothing on the surface around the memorial stones seems out of place.

But if you look a few hundred feet over in the other direction, hidden right over a man made hill, you'll find the communal burial grounds, where pets are laid to rest in groups and out of sight.

That's where NBC2 discovered a scene one pet owner says is right out of a horror movie, where pets were left outside for birds to pick apart, and where unburied pet skeletons stare up at you from the ground.

Watch Mark Greenblatt's report

"This is as close as I've ever been to hell on earth," said pet owner Paul Lohr.

Lohr's dog of 11 years, "She-Kai," was laid to rest somewhere in the communal grounds. Two months ago, Lohr brought his ailing pet to the Camelot Isles Animal Clinic in Cape Coral, which euthanized She-Kai after a long sickness.

Like so many other veterinarians in Florida, Camelot Isles handed She-Kai's body over to Jancy's. As Lohr looked around at how Jancy has treated so many other pets, he's deeply troubled.

"It gives me a feeling that he isn't resting as he should be. His body wasn't treated with respect," Lohr said.

Florida law says animal bodies have to be buried at least two feet underground, and can't be left out where birds and other live animals can reach them.

But at Jancy's group burial site, dozens of black bags with animals inside poke out from shallow graves. In some cases, the pets are left with their legs sticking up from the ground – in other instances they're almost entirely exposed.

Click here to see images from the burial site - WARNING: Graphic images

And all over the burial site, bulldozer tracks run right over pets that are supposed to be resting, according to Jancy, "With the utmost respect and dignity."

"This is unhealthy. It's gross. It's negligence. It's disgusting," said Dr. Bill Goldston, a veterinarian and member of the executive board of directors of the Florida Veterinary Medical Association.

Goldston represents more than 2,000 veterinarians across the state. After watching the NBC2 video, he says he'll warn every veterinarian in the state about what he saw.

Goldston says the way the animals are being treated is not only unprofessional, but can easily spread disease among animals and humans.

"I believe this is a public health hazard – a public health threat," Goldston said.

NBC2 sat down with Carl and Dew Drop Begley, the owners of Jancy Pet Burial Services, to talk about their services and their background.

NBC2: You never had any training before?
Carl Begley: Oh no, no, no, no… not in pets.

Begley expressed pride in how quickly he and his wife rose to prominence in the industry, even before they bought Jancy, their very first pet cemetery.

But his mood quickly changed when we showed him the video of the animals at his group burial site.

NBC2: This is how you left them for the weekend.
Carl Begley: No, no that most certainly was not.

At first, both Begleys denied any involvement or responsibility for what NBC2 found at the site.

Dew Drop Begley: That kind of thing does not happen.
NBC2: Three separate weeks its happened like this.
DD: So you say. I don't believe that. You can say anything you want to.
NBC2: We've got videotape.
DD: Videotape don't mean a darn thing.

So we asked the Begleys if the feelings of pet owners, like Lohr, who trusted Jancy with his pet dog, meant anything to them.

NBC2: He says this is the closest place he's ever been to hell on earth. How does that make you feel?
Dew Drop: Well, he must be a disgruntled person for whatever reason. I don't know.
NBC2: Wouldn't that make you disgruntled, if that happened to your dog?
DD: If that happened, yes. But I don't necessarily believe, because you're no better than a lot of others that have come in here with the same thing.

The Begleys continued to deny the NBC2 video was recorded at the property, but eventually made us an offer we couldn't refuse.

Carl Begley: We could go up to the communal burial grounds right now.
NBC2: You want to take me up there?
CB: Sure.

With our cameras rolling, we arrived on site and we didn't walk 15 steps before discovering more bones, and more pets above ground – this time with Carl Begley right by our side. That's when he put an immediate stop to the tour of his property.

NBC2: If we went right up above that hill, what do you think we'd find?
Carl Begley: I don't know, because we're not going there.

But on our way out, right around a different hill, we saw the same shallow graves and the same dog we'd captured on video from more than a week ago – still almost totally exposed to the elements.

NBC2: What do you want to tell people, when they see pictures like that dog, outside, above ground?
Carl Begley: [silence]
NBC2: You don't have anything to say?
CB: I didn't say that, you did.

So we asked again.

NBC2: What do you want to tell people when they see this dog above ground?
Carl Begley: They will be covered up and we will try to take care of that in a more appropriate manner.

But for Lohr, there's no promise Jancy Pet Burial Services or the Begleys can make now that will regain his trust.

"It's been very hard for both my wife and I," Lohr said.

Coming up Friday on NBC-2 News at 6:00, we'll show you why many more of our pets could fall victim to the same treatment across the state. We'll also reveal what steps could be taken right now to ensure every pet is buried with dignity.

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