Creating and publishing an animal memorial

A memorial is a page on an animal's profile with its story, photos and memories from friends. Mark the animal as passed away, select Create a memorial for [name], then write it and select Save & Publish.

Nobody else sees the memorial until you publish it.

Mark the animal as passed away

1. Open the animal's profile.
2. Select More animal actions (the down arrow next to Edit profile).
3. Select Sold, rehomed, or deceased. On some profiles this reads Passed away or remove. Care organizations such as rescues and zoos see Adopted, moved, or passed away, Released, moved, or passed away or Moved or passed away.
4. Choose [name] has passed away.
5. Add a Date of passing if you know it (optional).
6. Select Mark as deceased.

The profile now shows Deceased. Marked it by mistake? Select Not right? Unmark beside it. Any active listing ends, and any stud offer comes down, though breeding requests already under way stay open. If it had sponsors (people who help pay for its care), they hear from you right away and their payments stop. See When a sponsored animal is adopted, released, moves, or passes away.

Start the memorial

Create a memorial for [name] now appears under the animal's details. Only people who manage the animal see this link.

Select it to open the memorial editor. Nothing is saved until you select Save draft or Save & Publish. To leave without saving, select Cancel.

Write the story

Type the animal's story in Remembrance. Use B, I and Heading to format it. The Preview under the box shows how it will look. Help me write, if you see it, can draft or polish the text.

Pick a style and photos

• Memorial style offers Classic (portrait), Cover (photo banner), Gallery (photo first) or Keepsake (editorial). The photo styles use your chosen cover, first featured photo, or profile photo, in that order. With no photo, they show as Classic.
• Choose cover photo and Choose featured photos pick from the animal's gallery, so add photos to the profile first. Featured photos appear under "A life in photos."
• Epitaph is an optional short line, up to 120 characters, shown under the dates.
• Show offspring and pedigree link appears when the animal has offspring on Creatures. It adds a line such as "Tilly lives on through 1 offspring," linked to the pedigree.

Choose who can see it

Pick a Visibility:

• Public: anyone who can see the animal. It can also appear in the community feed.
• Unlisted: kept out of search and the community feed, but visible to anyone with the link or on the profile.
• Private: only people who manage the animal.

Both Share the memorial to feeds and Allow memories and kind words start on for a new memorial. You can change them after publishing. Managing tributes and sharing a memorial explains both settings.

If the animal's profile is private, publishing as Public or Unlisted makes the profile public. Creatures asks Make this profile public? first: select Make public and continue, or Cancel to stop. Saving a draft never changes the profile's privacy.

Publish or save a draft

Select Save & Publish to publish now, or Save draft to finish later. A draft shows a Draft label, and only people who manage the animal can see it.

What happens next

The profile gets a Memorial tab, which visitors see first.

When you first publish as Public or Unlisted, the animal's followers get a notification. So do any sponsors whose sponsorship ended when the animal died. A Private memorial notifies no one.

To make changes, open the Memorial tab and select Edit memorial. After publishing, there is no Save draft: Save changes puts your edits live right away. View published memorial opens the page, and Cancel leaves without saving.

Related information

• Managing tributes and sharing a memorial
• Removing an animal from your account
• Pedigree, family, and lineage

Updated on: 29/10/2026