Nearly five dozen bricks memorializing deceased pets were stolen from a park in St. Louis, according to the Humane Society of Missouri.

Representatives of the nonprofit said Tuesday that someone overnight pried up and took 54 bronze plaques from the Carol Gates Throop Memorial Park on Macklind Avenue.

“We are devastated that this peaceful space, which welcomes countless people and pets, has been so mistreated,” the humane society posted on its Instagram page. “Moments like this remind us why spaces of remembrance matter so deeply.”

The park is on the site of the original humane aociety location. In 1997, the organization moved to its new headquarters across the street.

Pet owners can buy plaques or bricks to remember their animals, and the park includes a columbarium for cremated pets’

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