The ASPCA Counseling Department offers a full range of pet loss and bereavement services. The National Pet Loss Hotline, offers free nationwide consultation to bereaved owners on a 24-hour basis. Call 1-800-946-4646, use keypad to punch in pin number 140-7211 and then your own phone number. The call will be returned immediately. New York City residents may be seen in person at the ASPCA headquarters.
C.A.R.E. Helpline for Companion Animal Related Emotions
University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital, 1008 W Hazelwood Drive, Urbana IL 61802
Phone: Toll free 877-394-2273 or Local 217-244-2273
The death, loss, or impending death of your companion animal can be a difficult and emotional time. The C.A.R.E. helpline was developed to provide a supportive outlet for people experiencing the loss of a companion animal. Trained veterinary students staff the helpline. You may call and leave a voice mail message anytime. Volunteers will return calls on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday between 7:00-9:00 p.m. Central Time.
CONTACT of Burlington County, NJ. (24 hour crisis helpline).
P.O. Box 131, Moorestown, NJ 08057-0131.
Phone: (800) 404-PETS. (Available only in NJ).
Phone: (856) 234-4688. (Outside NJ).
PetFriends provides free telephone support, information and referrals to anyone who is mourning or anticipating the loss of a pet. A licensed clinical social worker and a veterinarian train volunteers.
The Chicago Veterinary Medical Association Pet Loss Support Helpline (*).
Phone: (630) 325-1600.
The Helpline was established in 1993 and provides referral information on professional grief counseling and information packets on children and grief, euthanasia, pet loss and the elderly and a pet loss bibliography. You may call and leave a voice mail message at any time. A volunteer will pick up messages and call back between 7-9 p.m. Central Time each weekday evening. There is no charge for this service but long distance calls will be returned collect.
Pet Grief Support Service (*).
Companion Animal Association of Arizona Inc. P.O. Box 5006, Scottsdale, AZ 85261-5006.
Pet Grief Support Helpline Number: (602) 995-5885.
Association Number: (602) 258-3306.
Operated entirely by trained volunteers the service provides understanding, compassion, and support to persons throughout the U.S. and Canada who are anticipating or coping with the loss of a beloved companion animal. The Service offers a 24-hour-a-day telephone helpline, regularly scheduled support group meetings, information, literature, and reading lists on pet loss, and referral to appropriate resources. Although there is no charge for the Service, long-distance calls to the Helpline will be returned collect.
Pet Loss Support Program
Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine , G-145 Veterinary Medical Center, East Lansing , MI 48824-1314
Pet Loss Support Hotline (517)432-2696
Staffed by volunteer veterinary students who receive training in grief support. The hotline operates Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 6:30pm-9:30pm EST.
Pet Loss Support Group
The group meets under the direction of a certified grief counselor. Meetings are held the first Tuesday of each month at 7:00pm in the Veterinary Medical Center in East Lansing, MI.
Pet Loss Support Hotline.
Center for Animals in Society, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616.
Hours: September-April, 7 days a week 6:00-9:00 p.m., May-August, Monday, Wednesday, Friday 6:00-9:00 p.m. Central Time.
Pet Loss Support Hotline.
University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gainsville FL.
Phone: (352) 392-4700, ext. 4080.
Call at any time and leave your name and number. You will be called back between the hours of 7:00-9:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The University of Florida offers telephone support anywhere in the U.S. at no charge.
Hours: 6:00-9:00 p.m., Eastern Time, Tuesday-Thursday.
The Ohio State University Pet Loss Hotline.
Phone: (614) 292-1823.
This hotline is in operation Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Central Time.
Pet Loss Support Hotline.
Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine.
Phone: (540) 231-8038.
Hours: Tuesday and Thursday, 6:00-9:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
Pet Loss Support Hotline.
Washington State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Pullman, WA.
Phone: (509) 335-5704.
Trained WSU veterinary student volunteers staff the phones as compassionate listeners from 6:30-9:00 p.m. Pacific Time Monday-Thursday and 1:00-3:00 p.m. on Saturdays. Calls received after hours will be promptly reutrned on a collect basis.
Call between 8:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. any day of the week and leave your name and number. All long distance calls are returned collect.
Disclaimer
The purpose of the Directory of Pet Loss Resources is to inform members and friends of Delta Society about resources available. Delta Society does not endorse or recommend aany of the individuals or organizations listed herein. Delta Society has no control over the services provided and has no mechanism for judging or verifying the competence of the individuals or organizations listed herein. Every effort was made to ensure that the information herein was accurate at the time of publication; Delta assumes no responsibility for any changes made by individual businesses.
