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Ed Cullinane & Paige Freshwater

Grieving woman travels 7,000 miles to spread hamster's ashes on Hawaii beach

A grieving woman travelled 7,000 miles to spread her hamster's ashes in Hawaii because it's his favourite place on the planet. Lisa Murray-Lang, 46, was devastated by the death of her Syrian hamster 'Spud' at the impressive age of three years and seven months in March 2022.

She had spent years making him cardboard versions of locations around the world for him to play in - and said his favourite was a mini model version of Hawaii. So she saved up and took Spud's ashes to the exact beach she used as inspiration for the cardboard scene - in Waikiki, Honolulu.

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