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• The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) National Pet Loss Hotline (*).
  
  
• 424 East 92nd St., New York, NY 10128.
• Phone: (212) 876-7700, ext. 4355.
• Fax: (212) 860-3435.
• Email: StephanieL@ASPCA.org.
• Contact: Stephanie LaFarge, Ph.D.
  

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
  • Email: griefhelp@cvm.uiuc.edu
  • Contact: Cheryl Weber cweber79@uiuc.edu
  • Website: www.cvm.uiuc.edu/CARE

  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.

• The Iams Pet Loss Support Center & Hotline
• 1-888-332-7738

Monday through Friday, 8 am to 5 pm.

• 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.

Whether you're anticipating or coping with the loss of a beloved companion animal, the Pet Grief Support Service recognizes your pain and offers you understanding, compassion and support.
Operated entirely by trained volunteers who themselves have suffered the loss of a pet, the Service provides an informational telephone Helpline directing callers to monthly pet loss support group meetings, pet grief information, literature and reading lists, and referrals to appropriate resources.
Although we are unable to take messages or return calls to our Helpline at this time, we still can help by pointing you to other pet loss resources that are available to you.

• Pet Loss Support Program

  • Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine , G-145 Veterinary Medical Center, East Lansing , MI 48824-1314
  • Website: www.cvm.msu.edu/petloss/index.htm

  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.
  • Phone: (800) 565-1526, Monday-Friday 6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. Pacific Time.
  • Contact: Bonnie S. Mader, M.S., Associate Director/ Hotline Coordinator.

• The Pet Loss Support Hotline.
  • Iowa State University. 2116 College of Veterinary Medicine, Ames, IA 50011.
  • Phone: (888) 478-7574.
  • Web site: www.vetmed.iastate.edu/animals/petloss/default.html.

  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.

• Pet Loss Support Hotline.

  • Tufts University, Boston, MA.
  • Phone: (508) 839-7966.
  • Web site: www.tufts.edu/vet/petloss/.

  Hours: Monday-Friday, 6:00-9:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

• Pet Loss Support Hotline.

  • Companion Animal Hospital, Box 35, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-6401.
  • Phone: (607) 253-3932.
  • Web site: www.vet.cornell.edu/public/petloss/.

  Hours: 6:00-9:00 p.m., Eastern Time, Tuesday-Thursday.

• The Ohio State University Pet Loss Hotline.

  • Phone: (614) 292-1823.

  Call for current hours. Hotline hours are dependent upon volunteer availability and are subject to change without notice.

• 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.

• P.A.T.S. (Pet Loss Support Line).

  • Pacific Animal Therapy Society, 9412 Laurie's Lane, Sidney, B.C., V8L 4L2, Canada.
  • Phone: (250) 389- 8047.

  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.