RESOURCES FOR COPING
 WITH THE DEATH OF A PET

There are a number of great resources devoted to helping people deal with the death of beloved pet. Please click on the links below if you or someone you know could use some support during a time of loss.

Pet Loss and Bereavement Organizations

• Pet Loss Support Page

• Association for Pet Loss & Bereavement

• The Human Animal Bond Trust (HBT)

• Bereavement for Service Dogs

Support Hotlines

Sometimes just talking to someone who understands your pain can do wonders in the healing process.  Click on the links below to access phone numbers for FREE support hotlines that have live hours during different days and times.

• Cornell University Pet Loss Support Hotline

• University of California - Davis Pet Loss Support Hotline

• University of Illinois Pet Loss Support Hotline

• Michigan State University Pet Loss Support Hotline

• Washington State University Pet Loss Support Hotline

For additional national hotline numbers, click here.
 

Books

• Good Grief:  Finding Peace After Pet Loss, by Sid Korpi

• Goodbye Friend, by Gary Kowalski

• The Loss of a Pet, by Wallace Sife

• The Rainbow Bridge: Pet Loss is Heaven's Gain, by Niki Behrikis Shanahan

• When Only the Love Remains, by Emily Margaret Stuparyk

• Cold Noses at the Pearly Gates, by Gary Kurz

• Grieving the Death of a Pet, by Betty J. Carmack

• Pet Loss: Thoughtful Guide for Adults and Children, by Herbert A. Nieburg

• Paw Prints in Heaven? Christians and Pet Loss, by James L. McClinton, PhD

• Remembering Pets: A Book for Children Who Have Lost a Pet, by Gina Dalpra-Berman

• Children and Pet Loss: A Guide for Helping, by Marty Tousley

For additional and newer titles, click here.