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Pet Loss Support
Our discussion board is a great place to talk about your loss. There are hundreds of people there who share your experience. Also, we'd be glad tp post a memorial for your pet on our site with a story. So often it's your stories that inspire others to acts of kindness.
Jane Singletary, Psychologist, M.A.
Counseling for Life and End-of-Life Issues
Including Pet Illness & Loss and Hospice Support
- (530) 752-3602, or toll free (800) 565-1526
Staffed by University of California-Davis veterinary students;
weekdays, 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm, Pacific Time (PT);
http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/petloss/index.htm
- (352) 392-4700; then dial 1 and 4080
staffed by Florida community volunteers;
weekdays, 7 pm to 9 pm, Eastern Time (ET);
or call (352)392-4700 X4744 (Joy Diaz) at the University;
http://www.vetmed.ufl.edu/vmth/companions.htm
- (517) 432-2696
Staffed by Michigan State University veterinary students;
Tuesday to Thursday, 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm, ET;
http://cvm.msu.edu/petloss/index.htm
- (630) 325-1600
Staffed by Chicago VMA veterinarians and staffs.
Leave voice-mail message; calls will be returned 7 pm to 9 pm, CT
(Long-distance calls will be returned collect)
- (540) 231-8038
Staffed by Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine;
Tuesday, Thursday, 6pm to 9 pm, ET
- (614) 292-1823
Staffed by The Ohio State University veterinary students;
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm, ET;
voice-mail messages will be returned, collect, during operating hours
- (508) 839-7966
Staffed by Tufts University veterinary students;
Monday through Friday, 6 pm to 9 pm, ET;
voice-mail messages will be returned daily, collect outside Massachusetts;
http://www.tufts.edu/vet/petloss/
- (888) ISU-PLSH (888-478-7574)
Pet Loss Support Hotline hosted by the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine.
http://www.vetmed.iastate.edu/animals/petloss/;
operational seven days a week, 6pm to 9pm (CST) from Sept-April;
Monday, Wednesday, Friday from 6:00-9:00 pm (CST) from May-August.
- (607) 253-3932
Cornell University Pet Loss Support Hotline staffed by Cornell University Veterinary Students
Tuesday-Thursday 6-9pm ET, messages will be returned.
http://web.vet.cornell.edu/public/petloss/
- (217) 244-2273 or toll-free (877) 394-2273 (CARE)
Staffed by University of Illinois veterinary students.
Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings 7-9 pm Central Time;
http://www.cvm.uiuc.edu/CARE/
- Argus Institute: Grief Resources,
Colorado State University.
For the Argus Institute office call (970) 491-4143
- (509) 335-5704,
Pet Loss Hotline, Washington State University, College of Veterinary Medicine
http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/plhl/index.htm;
staffed during the semester on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 6:30 - 9:00 PM,
and Saturday 1:00-3:00 PM Pacific Time.
BOOKS
ORGANIZATIONS
A Garden of Rest
A beautiful website offering a Pet Grief Forum, eSympathy cards and pet grief poems and stories all of which is completely FREE.
The Rainbow Bridge
Create a virtual memorial for your pet.
American Veterinary Medical Association's Pet Loss Page
http://www.avma.org/careforanimals/animatedjourneys/
goodbyefriend/goodbye.asp
The American Veterinary Association
The American Veterinary Association web site has a listing of further resources in the Pet Care section of it's web site at www.avma.org
The Association for Pet Loss and Bereavement (APLB)
PO Box 106, Brooklyn, NY 11230 (718) 382-0690
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